Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20180604:22:22:00
Thanks to both of you for being here. brian, what is the clearest argument against the self-pardon? >> well, there are three parts. the first part is, as paul butler mentioned earlier, a pardon inherently is something you give to someone else. it would be like making a donation to yourself, it doesn't make sense, donations from the same latin root. the second reason is, no one can be a judge in his own case. the courts have said that in other contexts. sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. if they rule against the validity of the self-parton, you better believe that would be part of the par...