The Unthinkable: Could President Trump Pardon Himself?

The Constitution says little about this. It doesn't say much more than that. We could have a scenario where we have a sitting president of the United States who is convicted of one or more criminal offenses, then that would raise the specter of could he pardon himself while sitting in office? Could he be sent to prison? In the event that he was sent to prison, could he continue to serve as president? Now, I tend to think that if these eventualities came to pass, that even the most radical of Trump to devote fans, et cetera, would walk into the brink and avoid what would be a really embarrassing constitutional crisis at many levels. But all of these issues,