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Jamie Raskin: “If a president were literally to sell pardons, to take money for pardons, that would be bribery.”

On the recordDecember 18, 2020
If a president were literally to sell pardons, to take money for pardons, that would be bribery.
Said by
Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland
Source
msnbc.com

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Raskin explains the legal implications of selling pardons.

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