Michael Cohen arrives at federal court in Manhattan on April 26, 2018. (Photo: David Handschuh/NYLJ)
"It is an act of state, not a gift you can say ‘no thank you’ to,” one leading voice on pardons says
August 23, 2018 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Nationallawjournal/nationallawjournal
Michael Cohen, the former lawyer and friend of President Donald Trump who pleaded guilty Tuesday in a hush-money scheme, would not accept a pardon from Trump if offered, according to Cohen’s lawyer Lanny Davis.
But there may be a hitch: it is not clear that the beneficiary of a presidential pardon can refuse.
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