Washington - Donald Trump issued a list of pardons during his final hours as US president but did not include himself, his children, or personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, even though advisers said he had privately debated the extraordinary step of a self-pardon.
A self-pardon would have only increased calls to prosecute Trump on a state level, said Daniel R Alonso, a lawyer at the Buckley firm and Vance's former deputy in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office. "With a pardon comes at least the veneer of an admission of guilty," said Levinson."In a way, I think pardoning himself and his family is almost like a taunt. It would have said 'try to come and get me,' and would have accelerated litigation and investigation."
In November 2019, federal prosecutors in New York sought records of payments to Giuliani as part of an active criminal investigation, according to a grand jury subpoena seen by Reuters. "Without the possibility of a pardon, the prospect of a conviction and potential prison sentence becomes more real, providing an incentive to cooperate to receive more favourable treatment," Roth said.
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