Presidents can issue pardons only for federal crimes, and the Georgia indictment involves exclusively state crimes. Trump couldn’t even seek help from the state’s governor, because in Georgia, unlike many other states, the governor cannot issue pardons.
As a doomer, I’d like to point out that even conviction and imprisonment, do not prohibit him from winning the presidential election.
Depends on what he’s convicted of. There are certain convictions specifically prohibiting you from holding high office.
At at this point, pardoning himself is his only chance of staying out of prison.
Unless he gets convicted in GA.
Why Georgia?
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/16/trump-georgia-pardon-00111503
Ok but can’t he appoint an attorney general to drop the case?