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Adam Schiff: “I have to think they would decide you can't pardon yourself, along the lines of the Office of Legal Counsel opinion from…”

On the recordDecember 2, 2020
I have to think they would decide you can't pardon yourself, along the lines of the Office of Legal Counsel opinion from the early 1970s.
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Adam Schiff
Democratic · California
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Expressing his belief that the Supreme Court would rule against a president pardoning themselves.

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