US President Donald Trump, had hoped to bestow pardons upon himself, his family and some Republican Lawmakers, (who aided to incite violence at the Capitol), before leaving the White House today, but emerging reports reveals that he received a warning from his legal team over the weekend not to issue such pardons.
Trump's legal advisers, in his final Saturday night in the White House, warned that the pardons he once hoped to bestow upon his family and even himself would place him in a legally perilous position, convey the appearance of guilt as he would need to state the crimes he's pardoning for, and potentially make him more vulnerable to reprisals if he carries them out. He was also warned that pardons for Republican lawmakers who played a motivating role in the Capitol insurrection would anger the very Senate Republicans who will determine his fate in an upcoming impeachment trial that could determine if he could ever run for public office again, according to the Washington Post.
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