donald trump, i m not sure if he ever met him, did. he doesn t even view it the way the reluctant framers might have. he views it as a good like the way he probably hands out cuff links from the oval. here s some chum for my political patrons. the pardon power in the most benign way is about sympathy, it s about mercy of the the quality of mercy it s about equaling the scales of justice. but he uses it as a quid pro quo. even in the washington post when it says you do what i will say and i will pardon you, that s a malfeasance quid pro quo right there for the whole world to see. and it s not an immunity tote emfor survivor. you can t hand it out and say keep doing all of these things. at some point michael comey even realizes to break the law donald trump wants you to break, you can t do the things he wants you to break it for. and asking anyone who walks into the white house to do his