Sunday shows - Presidential pardon power in the spotlight

View in your browser     Giuliani: Trump 'probably' has power to pardon himself By KYLE BALLUCK AND BRETT SAMUELS   Rudy Giuliani said early Sunday that President Trump "probably" has the power to pardon himself, but has no plans to do so. Read the full story here     Top Republican: President shouldn’t pardon himself By LUIS SANCHEZ   House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Sunday that, despite recent comments from President Trump's lawyer, the president should not pardon himself. Read the full story here     GOP rep: 'Terrible move' for Trump to pardon himself By MALLORY SHELBOURNE   "I think people would erupt. I think even thinking about trying to fire Mueller is a bad move politically,” Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas)  told CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” referring to special counsel Robert Mueller. Read the full story here     Christie: Trump would be impeached if he pardoned himself By JACQUELINE THOMSEN   “There’s no way that will happen and the reason it won’t is because it’ll become a political problem,” the former governor told “This Week’s” George Stephanopoulos. Read the full story here     Former US attorney: Trump pardoning himself would be 'self-executing impeachment' By LUIS SANCHEZ   “I think if the president decided he was going to pardon himself, I think it is almost self-executing impeachment. Whether or not there is an argument, that is not what the framers could have intended,” Preet Bharara said. Read the full story here     Giuliani points to reversal on Trump Tower letter: 'This is the reason you don’t let the president testify' By BRETT SAMUELS    Rudy Giuliani on Sunday used the revelation that President Trump dictated a letter about a 2016 meeting between his campaign aides and a Russian lawyer to bolster an argument for why the president should not sit for an interview with special counsel Robert Mueller. Read the full story here     McCarthy: Russia probe should wrap up if there's no collusion By LUIS SANCHEZ   “Let them walk through their investigation. But if there is no collusion, it’s time to wind this down,” McCarthy told CNN’s “State of the Union.” Read the full story here     Lewandowski: D'Souza pardon a 'one-off opportunity' By MALLORY SHELBOURNE    “I don’t know of the president’s relationship with Dinesh D’Souza. I have never met Dinesh D’Souza, so I don’t think there was a strong relationship between the president and him,” Corey Lewandowski, who served as Trump's campaign manager, told “Fox News Sunday.”  Read the full story here     Kudlow: Trudeau 'overreacting' to tariffs By MALLORY SHELBOURNE    “To say that this is an attack on Canada is not right,” White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow told “Fox News Sunday.” Read the full story here     Trudeau: It's 'insulting' that the US considers Canada a national security threat By LUIS SANCHEZ    Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Sunday that the reasoning behind implementing new U.S. tariffs on Canada was "insulting and unacceptable." Read the full story here     Canadian foreign minister to US: Think hard about message you're sending your closest allies By LUIS SANCHEZ    “I would just really say to our closest allies in the world you, the United States, please think hard about the message you are sending to your closest allies,” Chrystia Freeland told CNN’s “State of the Union.” Read the full story here     Ex-Trump security aide: Trump has nothing to lose in talks with North Korea By BRETT SAMUELS    “I don’t believe this is a situation where president has anything to lose,” Tom Bossert said. "And so I think he’s doing the right thing.  Read the full story here     Gingrich: North Korea talks may not occur By MAX GREENWOOD    "What you're watching publicly is a dance. And the dance is going to go on for a while," he said. "The meeting may occur. Frankly, it still may not occur." Read the full story here     Poll: House control a toss-up By MALLORY SHELBOURNE   A CBS News/YouGov Battleground Tracker poll shows that Democrats would take 219 seats and  Republicans would take 216 if the 2018 midterm elections happened today. The tracker has the margin of error at 9 seats, however. Read the full story here     Bill Clinton: I couldn’t be elected now because I don’t like embarrassing people By LUIS SANCHEZ   “My mother woulda whipped me for five days in a row when I was a little boy if I spent all my time badmouthing people like this,” Clinton said. Read the full story here     Kasich: GOP doesn't have to ask Trump to do anything By MALLORY SHELBOURNE   “I have been frankly shocked at the fact that our leaders think they have to ask permission from the president to do anything. This is very foreign to me. It's alien to me,” Kasich told CBS News’s “Face the Nation.” Read the full story here     Former NY governor on Cynthia Nixon: People think just because you have fame you can run for office By LUIS SANCHEZ   Former New York Gov. David Paterson (D) said Sunday that celebrities like Cynthia Nixon, who is running for New York governor, believe they can run for office based on their fame. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for The Hill Tipsheet       Forward this Tipsheet       Privacy Policy  |  Manage Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe  |  Email to a friend  |  Sign Up for Other Newsletters   The Hill 1625 K Street, NW 9th Floor, Washington DC 20006 ©2016 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.