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Daniel R. Alonso quoted in Reuters article, “With no self-pardon in hand, private citizen Trump faces uncertain legal future”
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Daniel R. AlonsoIn the Reuters article, “With no self-pardon in hand, private citizen Trump faces uncertain legal future,” Daniel R. Alonso explored the question of whether Trump could have pardoned himself and others in secret? “It’s possible. Pardons are usually made public. But the Constitution does not require this, and Trump could secretly issue preemptive pardons to family members and associates, or even himself. The Presidential Records Act requires documentation of presidential decisions but the law lacks a mechanism for enforcing it. A secret pardon might only become public if the recipient were eventually charged with a federal crime and invoked the pardon as a defense.”