He doles out pardons like a mob boss would, to reward his political friends and conversely he uses his power over the Department of Justice to punish his enemies.
Jamie Raskin: “He doles out pardons like a mob boss would, to reward his political friends and conversely he uses his power over the…”
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Raskin criticizes Trump's approach to pardons, likening it to mob behavior.
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