When it comes to Trump’s pardons, it’s worth marveling at the brazenness. The pretense of propriety is gone.
He’s corrupting the pardon process; he knows that he’s corrupting the pardon process; he knows that we know that he’s corrupting the pardon process; and he’s doing it anyway. https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-reward-celebrity-tax-cheats-pardon-adding-scandalous-list-rcna209398
Steve Benen
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