Trump claims he's allowed to pardon himself

[robkelk]

CBC Analysis: Trump muses about pardoning himself, experts on authoritarianism are horrified

The important bit, IMHO:

In general, the president has broad authority to pardon federal crimes. But a 1974 Justice Department memo on the question of whether president Richard Nixon could pardon himself was met with a resounding no, on the grounds that "no one may be a judge in his own case."