WASHINGTON, United States — A lawyer for Donald Trump said Sunday that the president “probably” had the power to pardon himself from any charges stemming from the probe into Russian meddling, while adding that the chances were dimming of the president agreeing to an interview with the special counsel leading the inquiry. Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, a recent addition to the Trump legal team, told ABC’s “This Week” that a president “probably does” have the power to pardon himself, even while he insisted that Trump had no intention of doing so. “The reason it won’t is because then it becomes a political problem … If the president were to pardon himself, he’ll get impeached.”House Republican Majority leader Kevin McCarthy also told CNN that no president should pardon himself. Meantime, Giuliani has said before that the president’s lawyers oppose Trump sitting down for an interview with Mueller. The president’s lawyers fear an interview could lead to Trump inadvertently, and they say innocently, committing perjury.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 04, 2018 00:00 UTC