It has never been determined if a President can pardon himself, but even if he could, he would not be able to pardon himself for a state crime. Only the Governor of New York could do that in this case.
got it, that makes sense. He needs to win NY then all of them work like hell to get a conservative governor elected.
“It has never been determined if a President can pardon himself, but even if he could, he would not be able to pardon himself for a state crime.”
Technically, Bragg was prosecuting a federal crime.