Trump Says He was ‘given an option’ to Pardon Himself, But Declined; Says It’s ‘very unlikely’ He’ll Pardon Himself if He Wins 2024 Election; Says Threat of Jail Time Doesn’t Hurt His Sleep: ‘I’m built a little differently’

Trump says he was ‘given an option’ to pardon himself, but declined:

Former President Donald Trump said that he had been given the option of issuing a blanket self-pardon before leaving the White House in January 2021.

In an interview with NBC News, Mr. Trump said he decided not to do that but not, he says, because he couldn’t have.

“Do you know what? I was given an option to pardon myself. I could’ve pardoned myself when I left. People said, ‘Would you like to pardon yourself?’” he told NBC correspondent Kristen Welker.

“I had a couple of attorneys that said, ‘You could do it if you want,’” he said without naming them.

Still, he acknowledged that “I had some people that said, ‘It would look bad if you do it, because I think it would look terrible.’”

Mr. Trump said he decided against it because “I said, ‘The last thing I’d ever do is give myself a pardon.’”

CNN had previously reported that in his last days at the White House, Mr. Trump asked several aides and lawyers, including White House counsel Pat Cipollone, about his self-pardon power. —>READ MORE HERE

Trump says it’s ‘very unlikely’ he’ll pardon himself if he wins 2024 election:

Former President Donald Trump said Thursday that it is “very unlikely” he would issue himself a pardon if elected to the White House in 2024, but he refused to completely rule it out.

“I think it’s very unlikely. What, what did I do wrong? I didn’t do anything wrong,” Trump, 77, told Kristen Welker, host of NBC’s “Meet the Press,” when asked about a potential self-pardon. “You mean because I challenge an election, they want to put me in jail?”

Trump, the 2024 Republican presidential primary front-runner, recalled being offered the opportunity to pardon himself before leaving office in 2021, but ultimately decided against it.

“I could have pardoned myself. Do you know what? I was given an option to pardon myself. I could have pardoned myself when I left,” the former president revealed.

“People said, ‘Would you like to pardon yourself?’ I had a couple of attorneys that said, ‘You can do it if you want.’ I had some people that said, ‘It would look bad if you do it’ – because I think it would look terrible,” he added.

“Let me just say, I said, ‘The last thing I’d ever do is give myself a pardon,’” Trump recalled, arguing that he did “a great job as president.” —>READ MORE HERE

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