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UVA Miller Center hosts virtual discussion of possibility of Donald Trump attempting to pardon himself during final days in office.

Sounds like you need the president's taxes and the second one is you are going to need to assess whether or not it is true that michael cohen had a pardon being dangled over his head, at least early on. >> we have to assess and the special counsel has to assess whether that is true. but it is clear that the president has dangled a pardon before paul manafort, he's done it semi publicly and rudy giuliani has hinted at that. if you could show that the president has really dangled a pardon, that is certainly obstruction of justice and could be the crime of bribery. if you offer someone a pardon i...

Retirement. he's always been someone more willing than others to criticize the president or draw a line in the sand when it comes to things the president has said. but you can see this is somebody that is very interested in making sure that republicans maintain their majority coming this november. that's really seems to be his top priority here, making sure the president doesn't do something when it comes to talking more about pardoning himself or continuing to discredit the special counsel investigation. things that could be damaging going into the fall elections. >> shepard: are there other ...

Issue in american life. >> we can debate that. on the issue of pardoning people are all caught up whether or not the president can pardon himself. the constitution is crystal clear. you can't, period. the president has no power there. what's the history in terms of the self pardoning, though? we're having this discussion. where was that during richard nicks op and bill clinton? >> oh, it's insane the idea of this self is pardoning. we live in a political system. this is going to be decided in the end by congress and then perhaps the courts. when i say congress, we have a midterm election here....

Think about a bill i little bit is how does he get out of the binds that he's in, this investigation? and he does have the power of the president. so could he not pardon himself? >> he could have done that for flynn in the first place. >> would he go to the supreme court with his assertion of the right to pardon himself of all crimes? >> of any president that has served so far, absolutely, it did come up in the hearing with session and sessions declined to saw. >> it's not the early test of self pardoning. >> no, it has not been. >> i guess you can do it any time you want, jerry ford the it. a...