Barbara McQuade, a former federal prosecutor and U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan during the Barack Obama administration, said the Constitution is "silent" regarding presidential self-pardoning, and whether it would be allowed has never been tested in the courts.

And the conversation came even before President Biden’s pardon proved another shock to Dem officials and their propaganda outlets. The horror at Biden’s betrayal of his promise not to pardon Hunter recalls the story about the newspaper astrologer who was surprised when he was fired: If he was any good,