Where Republican candidates stand on pardoning Donald Trump

Larry Elder “When I become president, I’m very likely to pardon Donald Trump.” June 13, 2023

Nikki Haley “I think it would be terrible for the country to have a former president in prison for years because of a documents case…so I would be inclined in favor of a pardon.” June 13, 2023

Doug Burgum “Would you pardon them in 2025? As a governor, I would never make that commitment. I wouldn't make that commitment right now. Because it just it wouldn't make any sense.” June 19, 2023

Ron DeSantis “On day one, I will have folks that will get together and look at all these cases, who people are victims of weaponization or political targeting and we will be aggressive at issuing pardons.” May 25, 2023

Asa Hutchinson “It’s simply wrong to be discussing a pardon when we really have not gotten the facts out.” MSNBC, June 14, 2023

Mike Pence “Well, I don't want to speak about hypotheticals. I'm not sure I'm going to be elected President of the United States.” June 7, 2023

Tim Scott “I’m not going to deal with the hypotheticals, but I will say that every American is innocent until proven guilty.” June 18, 2023

Francis Suarez “If I become the President of the United States, what I think is appropriate for a president to use the pardon power to heal the country, and that goes for both Republicans and Democrats. That’s what I would do if I become the President of the United States.” June 19, 2023

Chris Christie “I can't imagine if he gets a fair trial that I would pardon him.” June 14, 2023

Will Hurd “No, I would not pardon him and people that are talking about pardoning him right now, when the case hasn’t even started, is insane to me.” CBS, June 22, 2023