The idea that a Trump self-pardon would trigger a constitutional crisis is a bit short-sighted.
D.R. Tucker
D. R. Tucker is a Massachusetts-based journalist who has served as the weekend contributor for the Washington Monthly since May 2014. He has also written for the Huffington Post, the Washington Spectator, the Metrowest Daily News, investigative journalist Brad Friedman's Brad Blog and environmental journalist Peter Sinclair's Climate Crocks.
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This is What You Call “Assuming the Voters Are Idiots”
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The Call is Coming From Inside the White House: Trumpism and 911 Abuse
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