President Donald Trump has been asking aides and lawyers about his self-pardon power.<br />This includes White House counsel Pat Cipollone, according to CNN.<br />Some of those conversations have happened in recent weeks, one of the sources says.<br />Trump has asked about the legal and political consequences of a self-pardon.<br />A Justice Department legal memo says the president cannot pardon himself.<br />However, he can step down and ask his vice president to take over and pardon him.
