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On the recordDecember 22, 2020
He has pardoned people who are loyal to him. He has pardoned people who are corrupt. And he has pardoned people who were adjudicated by a court in a lengthy trial to have murdered innocent people.
Said by
Adam Schiff
Democratic · California
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Schiff discusses the implications of Trump's pardons, emphasizing the corrupt nature of those pardoned.

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