Donald Trump’s team denies president plans to pardon himself

Pardon would be ‘self-executing impeachment’, says one legal commentator

Rudy Giuliani, right, denies that Donald Trump plans to pardon himself
(Image credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Lawyers acting for Donald Trump say the US president has the power to pardon himself if charges arise from the investigation into Russian collusion, but has no plans to do so.

The claim, made by Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, came soon after The New York Times published a confidential memo from two other White House lawyers to special counsel Robert Mueller.

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