Ted Cruz was asked if he thinks Trump can self-pardon. It took him 18 seconds to say nothing.
Source: vox.com
Cruz says he was “simply ignoring a question that a reporter had called out at me (as senators do every single day in the Capitol).”
By Tara Golshan Jun 5, 2018, 10:10am EDT
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) ignored a reporter’s question on Trump’s self-pardoning tweet. Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images
A reporter asked Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) if he agrees with Donald Trump’s claim that the president can pardon himself. Then there was a long period of silence.
Trump tweeted on Monday that he has the “absolute right” to self-pardon, after internal White House legal strategy memos leaked to the New York Times, echoing expansive, Nixon-like views of executive power. The idea that a president can pardon himself is heavily disputed among legal scholars.
The Weekly Standard’s Haley Byrd asked Cruz if he agreed with Trump’s interpretation, and reported that it took 18 seconds and a second reporter repeating the question for Cruz to finally say, “That is not a constitutional issue I have studied, so I will withhold judgment at this point.”
.................................Cruz is not the first high-profile Republican to show a reluctance to speak on the issue. On Monday, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders seemed similarly disinclined to answer the simple yes-or-no question of “Does the president of the United States believe he is above the law?” The White House reporter repeated the question three times......................................
Read more: https://www.vox.com/2018/6/5/17428860/ted-cruz-trump-self-pardon-audio
Hope he gets asked again
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