Would perjury be a pardonable offense?

[bluestarone]

I mean if RUMPY commits perjury can he self pardon?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Perjury can be a federal offense and therefore pardonable, but

most legal experts don't think a president can pardon himself.

[bluestarone]

2. TY! Could open a can of worms i feel!!

[brooklynite]

3. Ultimately, "legal experts" don't get to make the decision.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. True; it hasn't been definitively decided.

But there is a very-well established rule, going back to English common law, that says a man shall not be a judge in his own case. That's where those scholars are coming from.

[bluestarone]

5. My question is

Would CONGRESS did sit idle if RUMPY did self-pardon? How would this play out?

[PoliticAverse]

9. Congress controls impeachment. Impeachment isn't affected by pardons (that was even...

specifically put into the Constitution).

[PoliticAverse]

6. No, the President can't pardon themself (despite what some people would tell you). n/t

[bluestarone]

7. I'd agree except for the CONGRESS we have today!!

I'm very concerned about this!

[PoliticAverse]

8. Congress doesn't determine the validity of a pardon, the courts do. It would be 9-0 if it made it...

to the Supreme Court.

[bluestarone]

10. Congress could impeach tho (which is what they should do)

If RUMPY self pardons? That is the way i figure it.

[PoliticAverse]

11. Any Trump self-pardon would only make impeachment more-likely. n/t

[bluestarone]

12. EXACTLY!!

That's what i meant with post #5 (would THIS congress sit idle?) I would hope as you do that self-pardon would be the straw that broke the camels back!! and IMPEACH THIS ASSHOLE!!!!!! (But then we got Pence (YUCK)