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On the recordJanuary 14, 2009
I thought it was an inexplicable pardon. I believe that it reversed the recommendation of Margaret Love, a very fine pardon attorney, who I believe you removed, and allowed this to go forward in a way that I think is unjustifiable.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

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Senator Sessions expressed his disapproval of President Clinton's pardon decision.

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