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I understand that the President has pretty much no limits on his ability to pardon someone for a crime, but if it's used specifically to pardon people that may be able to testify against the president for crimes he has committed in order to prevent prosecutors from turning another criminal against the president where is anywhere could a line be drawn. If Mueller says to someone like Manfort I'll let you off easy in exchange for testimony against Trump, Manfort can just say, "Why? Trump will pardon me of anything you convict me of anyway. So who cares?"
What if anything prevents the president from using his ability to pardon someone else to keep turncoats from testifying against his own crimes?
What if anything prevents the president from using his ability to pardon someone else to keep turncoats from testifying against his own crimes?