cannot self pardon, because no one could be a judge in their own case. >> just like we don't let people be the prosecutor or the judge or the jury in their own case, the argument goes, you can't be the pardon or in your own case. >> since then, that legal opinion has never been tested, until maybe now. if mr. trump ought to win the white house in 2024, he could try to pardon himself on those new federal charges within minutes of a doctor issued. but experts say it would very likely go to the supreme court to decide whether that self pardon would hold and remember, it's a court that has a conservative majority, because of the nominations of mr. trump himself. >> the court we have right now is one i think is very receptive to the prospect of broad presidential power. >> keep in mind, these new federal charges of not the only legal issues faced by mr. trump. you've been charged in new york related to hush money payments and has pleaded not guilty, but those are state level crimes. so, a presidential pardon is off the table there. >> the clause in the constitution limits presidents pardon powers to offenses against the united states.