Score one for Robert Mueller and the idea that American President’s are NOT Kings in the American public’s eyes….
Such a large plurality means that even Trump supporters don’t want him to let himself off the hook if he is found to have broke the law….
A large majority of Americans say that presidents should not have the power to pardon themselves, and the results cross political affiliations.
According to a new Associated Press-NORC poll, 85 percent of Americans say that it would be unacceptable for presidents to issue themselves a pardon, and 76 percent said that Congress should impeach any president who did.
The survey comes weeks after President Trump raised the prospect of pardoning himself should he be charged in the special counsel investigation into Russian meddling in the presidential election.
“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?” he tweeted.
The AP-NORC poll did not ask about Trump by name, but several respondents spoke about him in follow-up interviews, including Trump voters who said that while they supported the president, a self-pardon would cross a line.
“No one’s above the law,” one Republican respondent told the AP. “Not even the president.”
A poll released earlier this week from USA Today/Suffolk University found that 58 percent of Americans would support impeachment for Trump if he pardoned himself in the Russia investigation….