Political Quotes

David Jolly: I think there's a lot in this behavior by the president. We know his pardon authority is largely at his own discretion…

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.
Said by
David Jolly
Florida
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

David Jolly discusses President Trump's use of pardon authority for personal and political reasons.

Share

More from David Jolly

Sep 28, 2022

Now he`s in a position as the governor of having to do something for them, and the only way he can do that, Joy, the only way, is by asking for Washington, D.C., to bail him out.

msnbc.com
Sep 28, 2022

He is about to have to justify doing something that is antithetical to his entire ideological narrative.

msnbc.com
Aug 28, 2026

I want to give grace to the first lady here. I think she was used.

floridaphoenix.com
Sep 29, 2022

without federal intervention to bear much of the loss of this storm, we would further see the collapse of the homeowner's insurance industry in Florida.

msnbc.com

Other voices in this conversation