Article snippet: WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s lead lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, said Wednesday that lawyers for several people facing scrutiny from the Justice Department in the investigations into the Trump campaign and presidency had contacted him to see whether the president would pardon their clients. Giuliani declined to identify the lawyers who broached the subject with him or their clients. He made his statement in response to questions about Trump’s former lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, who has told federal prosecutors in Manhattan about pardon discussions last year that involved Giuliani and a lawyer who was expressing interest in representing Cohen, according to people briefed on the matter. The disclosure from Giuliani — and the new details about pardon discussions involving Cohen — highlighted again the continued questions about Trump’s pardon power and how he might use it as special counsel Robert Mueller, other federal prosecutors and Democrats in Congress investigate his political and business careers. The discussions acknowledged by Giuliani demonstrate that, at the very least, some of those under investigation, or their lawyers, believed that it was worthwhile to inquire about whether a pardon was on the table. Giuliani, who has represented Trump since last spring, said he always insisted to defense lawyers that Trump would not consider granting pardons until the investigations were long over. Giuliani’s account of his stance contrasts with the initial appro... Link to the full article to read more