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President Donald Trump’s new Supreme Court pick, Brett Kavanaugh, could soon be in a position to address several big legal questions at the center of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.

The list includes the question of whether Trump can be subpoenaed to testify in a criminal case; the legal basis for Mueller’s probe; Trump’s power to fire Mueller; and whether the president can escape criminal liability by pardoning himself.

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