; Whereas according to the Washington Post article, Trump has asked his advisers about his power to pardon aides, family members and even himself in connection with the probe. ; and Whereas in the United States, it is an article of faith that, as President Theodore Roosevelt stated in his Third Annual Message to Congress on December 7, 1903, No man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we ask any man’s permission when we ask him to obey it. : Now, therefore, be it