CNN CNN Newsroom with Poppy Harlow and Jim Sciutto August 28, 2019 13:23:00
If you say you're going to pardon someone in advance? >> it could be, jim. i share the same reaction. my jaw hit the floor when i see this. in a word, this is lawless. this is lawless for the president of the united states to say go ahead and break the law and i'll take care of you later. now, the pardon power is very broad, no question about it. but there's a very important limitation which it's only bckwards looking. you can only pardon somebody for something they've done from this moment looking back. our constitution does not permit the president to pardon someone prospectively. you don't ...
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