A pardon. Rudy Giuliani has called it an “insurance policy.” He could just as easily have called it an “escape hatch.” Maybe, “a magic bullet.” His detractors might call it “extortion.”

After all, Giuliani deliberately and promiscuously uses the phrase to remind the president, who might otherwise be prone to throw him over the cliff as a scapegoat—although, the term “under the bus” is probably more in vogue—of reality. That is, if he faces jail, Giuliani would gladly use the president’s impeachable and possibly criminal instructions to him (as his private lawyer) to leverage an immunity deal for himself. Perhaps the kind of deal that’s never been seen before, given the stakes.

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