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Presidential self-pardon

The question of whether a U.S. president can pardon themselves, which remains legally unresolved and has never been tested in court.

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Could a future U.S. presidential pardon allow Snowden to return without prosecution?

legally can pardon federal crimes, and that power could — in principle — allow to return to the without facing federal prosecution for the specific offenses covered by a pardon . But constitutional au...