S. Mueller iiis russia investigation build a case against what they allege are his conflicts of interest, discussing the president s authority to grant pardons according to people familiar with the effort. Jeff, why would the president be asking about a pardon . Well, don, this is thing that we got a glimpse of in the president s own interview with the New York Times that is still causing shockwaves more than 24 hours later. And it was he was raising the question of a conflict of interest of Robert Mueller. The special prosecutor in this case who is really conducting what is now a widening, deepening investigation that appears to go beyond election meddling in the 2016 election and it is clear the president and his team are focusing intently on the potential conflicts of interest as theyre saying. But theyre also talking about pardons. This woeWashington Post story very interesting in the sense the president is basically talking allowoud now. Weve heard him in so many respects, when he