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How pardons hang over the Mueller investigation
How pardons hang over the Mueller investigation
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Length:
30 minutes
Released:
Nov 21, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Even though the Founding Fathers were anti-king, there was one king-ly
power they really liked: the pardon. Thus the presidential pardon was
born. Traditionally, presidents have waited patiently for their lame
duck period to pardon controversial people. But president Trump isn't
waiting. He's been pardoning the controversial from the beginning. In
this episode of the Nerdcast, Scott is joined by presidential historian
Jeffrey Engel and Politico senior reporter Darren Samuelsohn in an
attempt to understand how the president's pardons hang over the Mueller
investigation.
power they really liked: the pardon. Thus the presidential pardon was
born. Traditionally, presidents have waited patiently for their lame
duck period to pardon controversial people. But president Trump isn't
waiting. He's been pardoning the controversial from the beginning. In
this episode of the Nerdcast, Scott is joined by presidential historian
Jeffrey Engel and Politico senior reporter Darren Samuelsohn in an
attempt to understand how the president's pardons hang over the Mueller
investigation.
Released:
Nov 21, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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