Schumer on floor: "If a president can pardon himself, it's virtually a monarchy ... If presidents had the power to pardon themselves, we'd no longer be a democracy." If presidents were beyond reach of probes, one could "engage in rife corruption, self-dealing without consequence"

Schumer on floor: "If a president can pardon himself, it's virtually a monarchy ... If presidents had the power to pardon themselves, we'd no longer be a democracy." If presidents were beyond reach of probes, one could "engage in rife corruption, self-dealing without consequence"

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) June 4, 2018