Do not investigate Trump’s corporate allies until he leaves office

The United States’ presidential pardon power has created a constitutional absurdity in which exposing corruption may protect those responsible. Professor of law at Howard University School of Law. Add Al Jazeera on Google A hat reading 'VETO' sits on the Resolute Desk as US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on November 5, 2026 [AFP] In a functioning constitutional democracy, allegations of corporate corruption would ordinarily invite immediate investigation. Congress would demand documents, summon executives and expose wrongdoing to public scrutiny.