Trump pardoning Flynn would be a gift to the investigation. > If someone like Flynn or Kushner were preemptively pardoned, he wouldn’t be able to plead the Fif

Trump pardoning Flynn would be a gift to the investigation. > If someone like Flynn or Kushner were preemptively pardoned, he wouldn’t be able to plead the Fifth Amendment if he were called to testify against Trump. The Fifth Amendment protects citizens against self-incrimination. But if someone has been pardoned, they no longer face the threat of prosecution, and so they can’t use a desire to avoid incriminating themselves as an excuse not to answer a question Source: 10 legal experts on why Trump can’t pardon his way out of the Russia investigation => https://www.vox.com/2017/8/29/16211784/flynn-charged-fbi-trump-pardon-mueller-russia https://www.vox.com/2017/8/29/16211784/flynn-charged-fbi-tru...