is broad, on the other hand it s easy to imagine the court saying know to this, the framers of our constitution did not have in mind the idea of a self-pardon anymore than self-judging in a criminal case. one thing that is clear from the constitution, the president cannot pardon himself or anyone else in the case of impeachment rather than ordinary criminal prosecution. do you believe that if this were to happen, you dawel a brazen move, this president has been known for brazen moved in the past, would this end up in the supreme court? is that inevitable if this were to occur? it might end up in the supreme court after enough time had passed if traditional legal proceedings were to ensue. but i think it s more likely as rudy giuliani himself said there would be a stark enough political reaction, giuliani actually mentions impeachment, that that would probably be the most rapidly. not to get into the legal weeds here but let s do it for a second. i m not a lawyer so please lehman
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consistent legal views. watch. what happens if robert mueller subpoenas the president? will you comply? well, we don t have to. he s the president of the united states. as far as the criminal law is concerned, the president s a citizen. there s nothing that limits the presidential power from a criminal it s clear the president can t be subpoen sunaed to a criminal proceeding about him. all the watergate litigation resofltd the fact that the president is not above the law, is not able to avoid subpoenas. nbc s geoff bennett is over at the white house. what way way to mark 500 days. i hope your phone battery is charged because the president certainly tweeting plenty today. that s right. and, look, president trump for the first time is now asserting his right to pardon himself while insisting that he s done nothing wrong to warrant one. so here s the tweet he sent in just the last hour. the president says this. as has been staby numerous legal scal lars i haholars to p. i