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Trump says ‘I’m not above the law’
WASHINGTON, June 8, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – US President Donald Trump stated
Friday that he was “not above the law,” but reaffirmed his “absolute right”
to pardon himself.
On departure to a G7 summit in Canada, Trump said he was mulling a raft of
pardons, including a posthumous pardon for boxing legend Muhammad Ali, but
not for himself.
“I’m not above the law. I never want anybody to be above the law,” Trump
said, before adding “yes, I do have an absolute right to pardon myself. But
I’ll never have to do it because I didn’t do anything wrong. And everybody
knows it.”
“There’s been no collusion,” he said in reference to a major investigation
into his campaign’s ties with Russia that has already brought multiple
charges and guilty pleas.
“There’s been no obstruction. It’s all a made-up fantasy. It’s a witch
hunt.”
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