Trump likely to issue 100 pardons today: Report

WASHINGTON

: President

Trump

at this point is opting not to issue a

pardon

for himself as he prepares an expansive list of more than 100 pardons and commutations for release on Tuesday, a source familiar with the effort said.

White House

advisers have said Trump has privately debated with advisers whether to take the extraordinary step of issuing a pardon for himself but some administration officials have cautioned Trump against a self-pardon because it would make him look guilty.


Trump was impeached by the House last week on charges of inciting the storming of the US Capitol on January 6 by pro-Trump protesters. His case is to face a

Senate

trial. The source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said so far Trump does not plan to pardon himself and also does not plan to issue preemptive pardons for members of his family.

Trump, who has already issued two waves of pardons in the past month, met advisers on Sunday to finalise a list of more than 100 pardons and commutations, the source said. CNN reported that Dr Salomon Melgen, an eye doctorwho is in prison for healthcare fraud, is expected to be on the clemency list.