If he isn't guilty, why does Trump want to pardon himself and his children ?

 

Since the election, Trump has been asking aides and lawyers about his self-pardon power. He has also discussed pardoning his children.

It is unclear whether the subject has been discussed since yesterday's riots. 

Yesterday, after the U. S. Capitol was breached, White House Counsel Pat Cipollone advised Trump that he could face legal jeopardy for encouraging his supporters to storm the Capitol building, according to inside sources.

Self pardon has never been attempted by a U.S. president. Legal experts say there is ambiguity in the law whether a President has the power to be the only one to declare himself above the law and to do it before leaving office.

Some constitutional lawyers and experts say that a president cannot pardon him or herself and that is based on the founding legal principle that no person can be a judge or jury in their own case.