On the recordOctober 26, 2017
If you stay quiet and they eventually charge you with something or they eventually find you guilty of something, I will pardon you at that point.
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transcripts.cnn.comIf you stay quiet and they eventually charge you with something or they eventually find you guilty of something, I will pardon you at that point.
David Gergen discusses the potential signaling effect of presidential pardons in the context of ongoing investigations.
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