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If Trump was to become the next US President, would be abuse his position and try to quash his legal convictions?

Could he use something like an executive order to 'pardon himself' and expunge his convictions?

As we know he is the quintessential 'post turtle'. 8-)
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He can't. The 34 felonies he was just convicted of are state felonies. Not federal. A president cannot pardon state crime convictions.

Second he cannot pardon convictions he has not been convicted of yet. So by stalling hi federal felony trials off until after November he screws himself. If he is tried AFTER he leaves office....if he should win........by the time he leaves office he has lost his power to pardon himself.

If he does not win and is then tried for all three of his federal felony trails...........he won't be able to pardon himself because he is not in office to do it.

The more his pocket judges stall off his prosecutions until after November...the more they screw trump, If he wins the prosecution waits 4 years...then tries him. If he loses he gets tried immediately and he has no pardon power because he's not president. Federal felonies have no statute of limitations....so he's screwed eventually either way.