Reports of more pardons coming from President Donald Trump are resurrecting an old debate: Can the president pardon himself?

Trump previously suggested that he could grant himself clemency back when it looked like Special Counsel Robert Mueller III could expose the president to criminal liability. Legal experts said at the time they didn’t think a self-pardon would hold up in court, but acknowledged the Constitution didn’t explicitly include such a limitation.

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