The Senate Intelligence Committee’s top Democrat sent a cryptic tweet Thursday suggesting President Trump may be breaking the law by announcing potential pardons.
“The President’s ad hoc use of the pardon power is concerning enough,” Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., said on Twitter. “But the possibility that he may also be sending a message to witnesses in a criminal investigation into his campaign is extremely dangerous. In the United States of America, no one is above the law.”
Trump said Thursday he is giving a full pardon to conservative writer and filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza and considering a presidential pardon for Martha Stewart and former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, who both appeared on Trump’s former show “The Apprentice.”
Blagojevich, a Democrat and former House lawmaker, is serving 14 years for corruption.
Stewart served five months in prison for making false statements to federal investigators about a stock sale.
Trump has pardoned several people, including Bush administration officials Scooter Libby and former Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
Trump does not always use the official Office of the Pardon Attorney to make pardon decisions.
