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On the recordAugust 21, 2018
If this President now starts pardoning people that might have the goods on his bad deeds, even the most ardent supporters of this President, I hope that would make him stand up and stand for rule of law and not for rule of Trump.
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Mark Warner
Democratic · Virginia

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Mark Warner warns against the potential abuse of presidential pardon power in relation to ongoing investigations.

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