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On the recordDecember 23, 2020
I think there's a lot in this behavior by the president. We know his pardon authority is largely at his own discretion, and he is choosing to use it for his own political and personal network, which you could make the case is an abuse of his office, but, truly, he has the pardon power exclusively to himself.
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David Jolly
Democratic · Florida
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David Jolly discusses President Trump's use of pardon authority for personal and political reasons.

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