Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20180808:06:50:00
>> the limits on the president's ability to pardon are states able to have their own cases so that punishment is still meted out on top of any presidential pardon. sf yes, states are the great escape hatch. if the president goes nuclear and starts firing people including perhaps the u.s. attorneys in the southern district, the u.s. attorney in the southern district which he could do. then you still have your attorneys general. new york, new jersey, perhaps elsewhere. i'm not speaking from inside information. you're correct. that's separate and the president cannot pardon someone on a state cha...