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Controversy swirls as Trump issues wave of new pardons

Controversy swirls as Trump issues new wave of pardons and commutations

12/23/2020

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Controversy swirls as Trump issues wave of new pardons

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Controversy swirls as Trump issues new wave of pardons and commutations

President Trump late Tuesday announced a flood of pardons and commutations for three former Republican members of Congress and two others who pleaded guilty in the Russian probe. Trump's latest round of executive clemency was a nearly 50 percent increase from the number he granted in the previous four years. William Brangham reports.

12/23/2020

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