Conservative columnist says it will be 10 minutes before the end of his term and in time for Pence to pardon him. https://www.newsweek.com/donald-tru...n-robert-mueller-mueller-probe-russia-1251580
Conservative columnist says it will be 10 minutes before the end of his term and in time for Pence to pardon him. https://www.newsweek.com/donald-tru...n-robert-mueller-mueller-probe-russia-1251580
Conservative columnist says it will be 10 minutes before the end of his term and in time for Pence to pardon him. https://www.newsweek.com/donald-tru...n-robert-mueller-mueller-probe-russia-1251580
Yipe.
n the wake of Robert Mueller's release of key court filings in the Russia probe on Friday, conservative columnist Jennifer Rubin forecasted Sunday that President Donald Trump will pull an unusual last-minute move to protect himself from potential legal action.
“I would predict here on MSNBC that when Trump leaves office he will resign the presidency 10 minutes before Mike Pence leaves office, allowing Pence to pardon him if there is not a Republican president to follow him,” Rubin told the network’s AM Joy program.
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The columnist was commenting on the possibility that the Department of Justice would indict Trump after he leaves office.
She also blasted remarks from Senator Rand Paul, who earlier questioned whether Trump had broken any laws over plans to build a hotel in Russia on NBC’s Meet the Press.
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Bullshit.
Pence can only pardon Federal offenders, which is why Mueller is giving so much of his case to the states.