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Trump issues more pardons, while complicating COVID relief

Trump continues flurry of pardons, while complicating new COVID relief

Aired 12/24/2020

PBS News Hour

Trump issues more pardons, while complicating COVID relief

Clip: 12/24/2020 | 8m 38sVideo has Closed Captions

Trump continues flurry of pardons, while complicating new COVID relief

This Christmas Eve has been anything but quiet in Washington after President Trump's surprise announcement that he doesn't support a new COVID relief bill. And last night, the president added 29 pardons and commutations, with many familiar names on the list. William Brangham spoke with Andrew Weissmann, former lead prosecutor in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe, to discuss.

Aired 12/24/2020

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