Majority thinks self-pardon unacceptable

BY AVERY ANAPOL - 06/22/18 08:50 AM EDT

... According to a new Associated Press-NORC poll, 85 percent of Americans say that it would be unacceptable for presidents to issue themselves a pardon, and 76 percent said that Congress should impeach any president who did.

The survey comes weeks after President Trump raised the prospect of pardoning himself should he be charged in the special counsel investigation into Russian meddling in the presidential election.

“As has been stated by numerous legal scholars, I have the absolute right to PARDON myself, but why would I do that when I have done nothing wrong?” he tweeted.

The AP-NORC poll did not ask about Trump by name, but several respondents spoke about him in follow-up interviews, including Trump voters who said that while they supported the president, a self-pardon would cross a line ...

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/393605-poll-large-majority-thinks-trump-self-pardon-would-be-unacceptable