Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner warned President Donald Trump is "highly likely" to use presidential pardons to protect himself and allies from criminal charges after leaving office.
Kirschner cited former Attorney General Bill Barr's congressional testimony, explaining how using pardons to buy silence from co-conspirators would constitute an improper and criminal use of pardon power.
Potential pardon recipients could include Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, facing perjury allegations, and Attorney General Pam Bondi, scrutinized for her Epstein investigation handling.
Kirschner emphasized constitutional stakes, warning that if courts allow presidents to use pardons for self-protection, "we continue to move in the direction of the end of our republic." Trump previously attempted to nullify Biden's pardons via autopen signature, but constitutional experts dispute his authority. Stanford law professor Bernadette Meyler noted the Constitution requires no specific signature format for pardons to be valid.
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