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Beto O'Rourke targets Trump with plan to limit pardons
Beto O’Rourke called Tuesday for a constitutional amendment prohibiting a president from pardoning anyone tied to an investigation involving the president or his family members, a direct rebuke of President Donald Trump.
O’Rourke also pledged that if elected president, he would press Congress to make accepting help from a foreign power for personal profit or political gain a federal crime, while ensuring nonfinancial assistance from a foreign power in an election constitutes an emolument.
The proposal, obtained first by POLITICO, comes less than 24 hours after Trump complained about scrutiny he has received as a result of what he called the “phony emoluments clause.” Trump, during a Cabinet meeting, was defending his attempt to host next year’s G-7 summit at one of his resorts in Miami, a decision he reversed over the weekend amid widespread criticism.
“You people with this phony emoluments clause,” Trump told reporters.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/22/orourke-trump-presidential-pardons-053987