If you have a President who uses the pardon power to pardon his own confederates in crimes, to pardon all of his friends, to pardon anybody who may have committed a crime in his behalf so that he can evade the rule of law, then that can lead to tyranny, too.
Nadler warns against the misuse of presidential pardon powers leading to tyranny.
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