Claims 'absolute right' to pardon himself amid Mueller inquiry

On June 4, 2018, Trump tweeted that he has "the absolute right to PARDON myself" while maintaining he had "done nothing wrong," citing unnamed "legal scholars" as special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation continued. In a second tweet the same day he called the special counsel's appointment "totally UNCONSTITUTIONAL." The claim followed comments a day earlier from his attorney Rudy Giuliani on NBC's "Meet the Press" that while the president might possess such authority, using it would be "unthinkable and probably lead to immediate impeachment." Legal commentators disputed Trump's assertion, noting long-standing doctrine that a president cannot act as judge in his own case.

“As has been stated by numerous legal scholars, I have the absolute right to PARDON myself, but why would I do that when I have done nothing wrong?” Quote verified against source