Trump pardoning his own family members before they’ve even been indicted would be virtually unprecedented in the modern era. But the normal rules of politics don’t seem to apply to President Trump. “If anybody like that who is closely related to Trump wants a pardon, I doubt very much they’re going to bother filing a pardon application with the Office of the Pardon Attorney,” Morison said. Just go straight to the White House.’” OPA doesn’t even accept applications from individuals who haven’t been convicted of a crime, Morison said. It’s the fact that Trump would consider issuing a preemptive pardon for a member of his family at all.

Source: Huffington Post July 31, 2017 10:07 UTC