Sentence examples for pardons himself from inspiring English sources

He pardons himself for his foul language.

And there's a normative element to the question — Should a president who pardons himself be impeached?

He reportedly even asked about pardoning himself.

He's not going to have to pardon himself, because he's done absolutely nothing wrong.

There is some debate among legal scholars over whether a president can pardon himself.

Joe Lockhart, the White House press secretary, said earlier this week that Mr. Clinton would not pardon himself before he left office to escape prosecution by Mr. Ray.

It now turns out that Mr. Clinton's brother, Roger, who received a pardon himself, tried to win clemency for as many as 10 friends and associates.

When Tapper asked him if the President could pardon himself (Trump has reportedly asked his lawyers about this, and tweeted over the weekend that Presidential-pardon powers have no limit), Scaramucci said that he didn't know.

Representative Steve Chabot, Republican of Ohio, asked Charles F. C. Ruff, the White House counsel, if he could assure the committee that Mr. Clinton would not pardon himself or accept a pardon from a successor.

Responding to the new stirrings in the independent counsel's office, Vice President Gore said yesterday that Mr. Clinton had no intention of pardoning himself should he be indicted while president, or accepting a pardon from his successor.

He can go to Mr Jaworski and plead for help; he can ask the new President for a pardon; or, astonishingly, he can pardon himself as his final Executive act.