Report: Trump Is Asking About the Pardons Process

As special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation continues to simmer, President Trump's legal team is allegedly brainstorming how to throw cold water on it, "people familiar with the effort" tell the Washington Post. Among the strategies reportedly on the table is an attempt to slow or stop Mueller's efforts by working up a laundry list of alleged conflicts of interest (one reportedly involves his past membership at Trump National Golf Club in Virginia), which is a DOJ technicality that could give Attorney General Jeff Sessions the go-ahead to remove Mueller from his role.

Another possible tool Trump and Co. are said to be mulling: the power of the presidential pardon, with one Post source noting Trump's lawyers have been talking this option over.

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