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Originally Posted by Matt 26z
Assuming he doesn't resign...
If they don't impeach him (which the republicans will never do), a trial would be nothing more than a spectacular dog & pony show resulting in the president giving himself a pardon.
Impeachment is the only way to remove the ability to pardon himself.
And even if there was an impeachment, trial and guilty verdict, it may not even be legal to arrest a sitting president. That is something that would likely go to the supreme court.
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You don't understand how things work in the "real world". One a president is brought up on impeachment charges he can not pardon himself, he temporally loses the ability to pardon anyone until the proceedings are over..
Also the AG of New York state is building cases against Trump and his associates who work out of New York. Trump can't pardon anyone nor him self at the state level. The only thing saving Trump's ass right now is the corrupt Republican congress.