It's sad because the pardon power, it's a -- it's a very unusual power, right. It's completely unchecked. And it's designed to give our system of justice something that it doesn't naturally have, which is mercy, you know.
Rep. Jim Himes discusses the implications of President Trump's use of the pardon power, particularly in relation to Michael Flynn.
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