President Trump is continuing his pattern of abusing the pardon power, and it looks like it's getting worse. As is often pointed out, the President has very broad pardon power pursuant to Article II of the Constitution. Giuliani has said that Trump may use his pardon power after the Russia investigation is over. We may never know how seriously the President's abuse of the pardon power has hurt these investigations, but we do know one thing. President Trump has turned the pardon power from a tool that a president should use disinterestedly to administer justice and compassion, to a shield, used with this President's personal interests front and center.

Source: CNN March 19, 2019 23:07 UTC