Mike Johnson: “In 2014, President Obama used the pardon power to commute the…”

On the recordMarch 26, 2019

In 2014, President Obama used the pardon power to commute the sentences of more than 1,700 Federal drug offenders.

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Johnson contrasts Trump's use of pardons with Obama's commutation of many drug offenders' sentences.

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Mike Johnson: “In 2014, President Obama used the pardon power to commute the sentences of more than 1,700 Federal drug offenders.”