(July 22, 2017 at 12:14 pm)Minimalist Wrote: The WLB has the crossed the line into "deranged."
It is WELL established in law that acceptance of a presidential pardon is an absolute admission of guilt.
I would say Trump's comment's on the matter come perilously close to a confession of high crimes and misdemeanors.
If Trump feels his staffers and relatives would or need to accept a pardon too, he has strongly implicated them in conspiracy, collusion, and/or malfeasance.
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.