Trump Tells NBC’s Welker He Never Even Wanted to Think About Pardoning Himself

(Via Mediaite)

EXCERPT:

TRUMP: “I could have pardoned myself. You know what? I was given an option to pardon myself. I could have hurt myself. When I left, people said, ‘Would you like to pardon yourself?’ I had a couple of attorneys that said, ‘You can do it if you want.’ I had some people that said it would look bad if you do it, because I think it would look terrible. I said, Here’s the story. These people are thugs, horrible people, fascists, Marxists, sick people. They’ve been after me from the day I came down the escalator with Melania, and I did a great job as president. People are ackno — a great economy, great jobs, great this great that rebuilt the military space force everything. I could go on forever. Let me just tell you, I said the last thing I’d ever do is give myself a pardon.”