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Federal prosecutor, who made that claim over the weekend. >> do you believe the president has the power to pardon himself? >> heot bute probably does. he has no intention of pardoning himself. he probably does. >> reporter: not only do fellow republicans disagree -- >> if i were president the united states and i had a lawyer that told me i could pardon myself, i think i would hire a new lawyer. >> reporter: in the 1970s, the justice department wrote just before the resignation of richard nixon that a president cannot pardon himself, adding no one may be a skrjudge in his ow case. they sidestep...
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