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The Hill reports:
White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci on Sunday said that President Trump does not have to pardon anyone in connection with the Russia investigation. During an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Scaramucci was asked about Trump’s tweet in which he said: “While all agree the U. S. President has the complete power to pardon, why think of that when only crime so far is LEAKS against us.”
“The president is thinking about pardoning nobody…The president is not going to have to pardon anybody because the Russia thing is a nonsensical thing.” Trump’s tweet came after reports emerged that the president was discussing his ability to pardon people, including potentially himself, in the ongoing investigation into ties between his campaign and Russia.
More from Raw Story:
CNN host Jake Tapper on Sunday called out newly-appointed White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci for continuing to deny Russia’s interference in the U.S. election. On Sunday’s State of the Union program, Tapper asked Scaramucci if President Donald Trump was prepared to sign a sanctions bill against Russia.
“There’s a lot of misinformation,” Scaramucci said, dismissing the conclusion of U.S. intelligence agencies. “Somebody said to me the other day — I don’t want to say who — if the Russian actually hacked the this situation and spilled out those emails, you would have never seen it. You would have never had any evidence of them. Meaning that they’re super confident in their deception skills and hacking.”
“Wait, wait, wait,” Tapper interrupted. “I don’t know who this anonymous person is.” “How about it’s the president, Jake,” Scaramucci revealed. “He called me from Air Force One and basically said to me, ‘This is — maybe they did it, maybe they didn’t do it.’”
Scaramucci just told @jaketapper he got an A- in my con law course but disagrees w/ me. He & Turley are both wrong. https://t.co/ZwWQysmurw
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) July 23, 2017