'I'd be allowed to': Trump weighs preemptive pardons for thousands of staffers ahead of feared Democrat midterm probes

Donald Trump, whose White House lawyers are reportedly studying preemptive pardons covering whole policy areas to shield junior staffers from feared post-midterm investigations.

Legal advisers at the White House are said to be examining the extent of President Donald Trump's authority to protect lower-level aides who carried out his immigration, trade and military policies. A blanket pardon is seen as unlikely, but sweeping clemency for specific policy areas is on the table. Trump blamed the 'corrupt weaponization' of his first term. He also pointed to how Joe Biden 'shielded many people'.

Trump: 'I certainly don't want to see innocent people go through hell.'

The Heritage Foundation and American Moment are pushing for protection or legal-defence funding.

Ex-pardon attorney Liz Oyer warns staff that pardons may not protect them from future prosecutors.

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