President Donald Trump Has Reportedly Been In Talks With His Advisers About Pardons For His Children Ivanka Eric And Don Jr As Well As His Son-in-law Jared Kushner And His Personal Lawyer Rudy Giuliani
President Donald Trump has reportedly been in talks with his advisers about pardons for his children Ivanka, Eric and Don Jr, as well as his son-in-law Jared Kushner and his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani.
According to the [ ], the president is worried that a Biden administration may seek retribution against him by targeting the oldest of his five children.
However, presidential pardons do not provide protection against state or local crimes. The president reportedly asked aides if he has the right to pardon himself and family members and has even asked if he could issue pardons pre-emptively for things people could be charged with in the future.
Don Jr had been under investigation for contacts that he had with Russians offering damaging information on Hillary Clinton during the 2016 campaign.
He was investigated by special counsel Robert Mueller but he was never charged.
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President Donald Trump has reportedly been in talks with his advisers about pardons for his children Ivanka, Eric and Don Jr, as well as his son-in-law Jared Kushner and his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani
Trump would have the right to pardon any family members as he sees fit.
Above, (From R) Barron Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, President Trump, Tiffany Trump, Donald Trump Jr, Kimberly Guilfoyle, Lara Trump, Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner and Michael Boulos
According to the Times, Kushner provided false information to federal authorities about his contacts with foreigners for his security clearance.
Despite that, he was given a security clearance anyway.
It's unclear why Trump is concerned about potential criminal exposure of Eric or Ivanka.
But, the Times reported that a probe by the Manhattan district attorney into the Trump Organization is now including tax write-offs on millions of dollars in consulting fees, some of which appear to have gone to Ivanka.
Earlier on Tuesday it was reported that, Giulani discussed a preemptive pardon for himself with Trump, while arguing he can overturn the results of an 'illegitimate election'.
The former New York mayor has been the most vocal and out-front defender of Trump's unsubstantiated charges of election fraud, seeking to persuade numerous states that went for tour chùa yên tử Joe Biden to overturn their results.
It's unclear who brought up the idea, but their discussion took place last week, sources told the Times.
On the day before Thanksgiving, Trump pardoned former National Security Advisor Mike Flynn, who had pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his Russia contacts, then sought to withdraw the plea in court.
Giuliani has reportedly been under investigation by federal prosecutors in New York over his work in Ukraine, which became the heart of Trump's impeachment.
The impeachment revealed efforts by Giuliani and his associates to push out the former US ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch.
President Donald Trump is said to have been asked by his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani for a pre-emptive pardon
Draft documents revealed last [ ] Giuliani seeking to have Ukrainian government officials pay substantial fees to his consulting firm, although there is no evidence the deals went through.
Giuliani denied the report on Twitter.
'#FakeNews NYT lies again. Never had the discussion they falsely attribute to an anonymous source. Hard to keep up with all their lies,' he wrote.
He represented Trump pro bono in his efforts to defend against the Democratic-led impeachment.
The Times previously reported Giuliani is being paid $20,000 per day in his election defense, although he has denied that figure.
On Monday, Giuliani associate Lev Parnas pleaded not guilty to defrauding in investors through the Florida-based company he set up, called Fraud Guarantee.
The Ukraine-born Parnas assisted Giuliani in his efforts to dig up dirt on the Bidens in Ukraine.
Parnas tweeted Tuesday 'Pardons were always discussed in the #TrumpCult.
The question is will you accept one? Innocent people don't need a pardon.'
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US intelligence alerted the White House last year that a Russian intelligence officer was seeking to feed disinformation to Giuliani in his efforts to uncover information in Ukraine.
There is precedent for presidents using their virtually limitless pardon power preemptively.
Gerald Ford famously preemptively pardoned Richard Nixon, and paid a political price for it.
There has also been talk in legal circles about whether Trump could seek to issue a self-pardon in order to wipe away potential legal exposure for himself.
Even if it were upheld, Trump could still be subject to prosecution in state courts. New York investigators have already been investigating alleged possible insurance and financial fraud.
Giuliani was in Arizona on Monday attending a Republican-led hearing-style event where he laid out broad claims of election fraud even as the state's Republican governor [/news/fox-news/index.html
Fox News][/news/fox-news/index.html Fox News] host Sean Hannity suggested Trump should pardon himself and his family before leaving the White House in January.
The suggestion was made on Hannity's Fox News radio show on Monday while discussing how Trump last week announced a full pardon for his former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn.
Speaking to former Trump attorney Sidney Powell - fired from Trump's 'elite strike force' legal team when her conspiracy theories went to far even for the president - Hannity suggested that the president needed to protect himself from future legal investigations in order to protect himself from the incoming Biden administration.
Hannity said that Biden was being publicly encouraged to investigate and prosecute Trump for any criminal misconduct while he was president.
'The president out the door needs to pardon his whole family and himself, because they want this witch hunt to go on in perpetuity.
They're so full of rage and insanity against the president,' Hannity said.
'I mean, I assume that the power of the pardon is absolute, and that he should be able to pardon anybody that he wants to?'
'It is absolute it's in the Constitution,' Powell confirmed.
Powell, who has been key to pushing an election conspiracy that corrupt voting machines stole the election from Trump, then added that she did not know about Trump's 'authority to pardon himself'.
Powell then went on to suggest that such a pardon should not be necessary because 'the president is going to get another four years in office to finish the job he started because the election fraud we're uncovering is massive'.
Trump's pardon on Wednesday of Flynn kicked off speculation that a string of pardons could be next - including for the president and his family.
The president has granted clemency to supporters before, most notably earlier this year when he commuted the criminal sentence of Roger Stone, who was sentenced to prison after being convicted of lying under oath to lawmakers.
In 2018, Trump even said he had the 'absolute right' to pardon himself - a claim many constitutional law scholars dispute.
After he pardoned Flynn, Trump shared a tweet on Wednesday from Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz, one of his closest allies on Capitol Hill, who said the president should also consider a pardon for tour yên tử himself.
'President Trump should pardon Flynn, the Thanksgiving turkey, and everyone from himself, to his admin, to Joe Exotic if he has to,' Gaetz wrote.
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