Trump promises top government official that he’ll pardon him if he defies the law to implement illegal policy
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This would of course have been a massive scandal in any previous administration, but now it’s just another Friday afternoon:
President Donald Trump told Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan he would grant McAleenan a pardon if he were sent to jail for having border agents block asylum seekers from entering the US in defiance of US law, senior administration officials tell CNN.
Trump reportedly made the comment during a visit to the border at Calexico, California, a week ago. It was not clear if the comment was a joke.
Two officials briefed on the exchange say the President told McAleenan, since named the acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, that he “would pardon him if he ever went to jail for denying US entry to migrants,” as one of the officials paraphrased.
Larry Tribe is needless to say correct that in a minimally healthy political and culture, this act by itself would warrant removing the president. But it’s barely even a story now.