Quote Originally Posted by magpie_mania View Post
Is it law? Seems from everything I have read that there it is not clear whether a President could pardon himself. If he can, should he?
In US law, ALL Presidents when departing from office can give pardon or clemency to any US citizen convicted of a crime. In theory, yes he can do it.

Dershowitz says that it's possible, it's just that it has never been done before. I think more likely is that he could appeal the convictions and get them thrown out. That would be easier if he stacked the judicial system.