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Comparing Trump's Wave Of Pardons To Those Of Past Administrations

Published December 25, 2020 at 4:02 AM CST
President Bill Clinton's pardon of fugitive financier Marc Rich as he was leaving the White House in 2001 triggered a federal investigation into the decision.
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President Bill Clinton's pardon of fugitive financier Marc Rich as he was leaving the White House in 2001 triggered a federal investigation into the decision.

NPR's Noel King talks Kim Wehle, law professor at the University of Baltimore and author of How to Read the Constitution, about President Trump's pardons or commutations issued to dozens of people.

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