On the recordJanuary 20, 2025
Pardons have generally been used when people are actually innocent or there was some procedural miscarriage of justice.
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transcripts.cnn.comJamie Raskin: “Pardons have generally been used when people are actually innocent or there was some procedural miscarriage of justice.”
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Raskin critiques the use of pardons by Trump, emphasizing the lack of innocence among those pardoned.
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