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Herself someday. what the constitution -- the constitution is silent on this for very good reason. actually the issue in a way was debated at the constitutional convention where somebody tried to say, well, let's stop the president from having the power to pardon the case of treason because he could engage in a conspiracy over treason and pardon the conspirators and himself. and the opponents of that said the president can be prosecuted. don't worry about it. they wouldn't have said that if they had been a self-pardoning power. so it's actually a debate over the pardoning power itself we see t...

We don't know the theory of the case yet. does this have to do with the financial dealings or the direct collusion, which the meeting that we learned about last week may have -- may shed some light on it. i will say just as a legal matter how sort of -- i think you're going to hear a lot of lawyers debating this issue. can the president have unconditional power to pardon? i'm a lawyer but i'm doing to add some common sense into this. basically trump's tweet suggests he could shoot someone on fifth avenue or the groping woman scenario, he could do those things and then just pardon himself. no r...

Probe. one of trump's attorneys calls the post story not true, adding it is nonsense. the president's lawyers are cooperating with special counsel robert mueller on behalf of the president. now, lots of work to break down here and the best guy to do it with is nbc news legal analyst ari melber, the host of the beat with ari melber. how does this work? >> the president has very broad unilateral pardon powers, we'll read you the constitution. has the pouder to grant repri e reprieves and pardons for offenses against the u.s. except in cases of impeachment. as to what does it mean and how broad d...

Days of a president. we've been there and do this. larry, presidents have done this. they often do in their final days. how does this stack up against other examples you can remember? the most alarming i remember, marc rich with bill clinton and his final hours in office. how does this stack up? >> you took the name out of my mouth. i was going to compare it to president bill clinton's pardon of marc rich and some other associated individuals. that was extremely controversial. it was a source of friction in the days and weeks after bill clinton left office. you're right, the president has the ...

This. i now read for the record from page 25 of when congress comes calling, which is from the constitution project, and i apologize if this seems preliminary, but this communication arrived only within minutes of the start of this mark up. executive privilege. the president's communications privilege, and i quote "the communications in question must relate to the quinnee sepbgs and nondelegatable presidential power that requires direct presidential decision making. the privilege is limited to the core constitutional powers of the president, such as the power to appoint and remove. the command...