Amodei: Trump can’t pardon himself
By Ray Hagar, Nevada Newsmakers
The congressman who served as head of Nevada’s Trump-for-president campaign said Wednesday on Nevada Newsmakers that Trump should not have the power to pardon himself.
Nevada’s 1st U.S. House District Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Carson City, gave his opinion in response to President Trump’s recent statement on Twitter that the U.S. president has the “complete power to pardon.”
“Would a governor commute his own sentence?” Amodei said. “I mean, the self dealing. I mean we’ve got rules about nepotism, I mean, this is nepotism on steroids. It is total self interest.”
