The Presidential Pardon: Controversies and Limits with Helen Bollwerk (RECAST)

This week, Elisa revisits her conversation with longtime former Pardon Attorney, Helen Bollwerk, to unpack the presidential pardoning process. Together, they explore the procedural regulations, judicial precedents, past controversies, and the pressing question of whether a president-elect can pardon himself.

Helen Bollwerk served as a pardon attorney at the Department of Justice for nineteen years.

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U.S. Constitution, Art. II, Sec. 2