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Unfair. its a witch hunt. scooter libby lied to a federal grand jury. martha stewart lied to fbi investigators. dsouza violated campaign finance laws. thats a cluster. theres no question hes sending a message. his lawyer was dangling pardons which could be legally problematic in front of witnesses and defendants. >> they would not characterize it as dangling. there was a mention. >> there was a big dispute on that as well. >> terry? >> look, there are thousands of worthy people of pardons. i wor...

>> i want to expound on what jason said. theres something refreshingly transparent about doing them now. most of these things are done on the way out the door when voters cant hold you accountable. >> they do them at christmas and thanksgiving too. >> there are two elections coming that if you dont like it, you can vote. oscar lopez rivera pardoned by barack obama on the way out the door. talk about the clinton pardons, 130 on the last day. no voter can ever hold them accountable. i dont have a ...

And rapists. he talked about neo nazis and saying there were fine people on both sides in charlottesville. he has an issue with race and bigotry, not just recently. throughout his career. i grew up in new york city. i know exactly who donald trump is. we had to listen and watch him when i was growing up. this is -- he has a race issue. honestly the problem isnt roseanne barr. the problem is donald trump. >> i couldnt disagree more. i dont think you know president trump at all. earlier youve said...

Presidents power to pardon. its unconditional and theres even supreme court cases that say congress cant do anything about it. its a constitutional right. should he be doing this now? theres no reason to give these people pardons now other than to send a message. >> i want to expound on what jason said. theres something refreshingly transparent about doing them now. most of these things are done on the way out the door when voters cant hold you accountable. >> they do them at christmas and thank...

Thats to let the prosecutors say we put a lot of sweat equity in this. heres why they shouldnt be pardoned. hes completely ignoring that. he doesnt care what his fbi agents think. its the undermining of the fbi. hes not a supporter of law enforcement or the rule of law. these pardons that i can make that clear. >> people voted for president trump because he wasnt going to get all this time caught up going through the big long process. >> he also said he was the law enforcement president. >> the ...

What it looks like hes doing, look at the people hes pardoning, like dsouza, he was found guilty of campaign finance violation. who is he sending a message to? michael cohen. its pretty clear what hes trying to do. >> thats your interpretation. >> no its not just mine. >> you dont like the president. >> i dont like -- >> people who dont like -- >> i dont like the president for no reason. there are a list of reasons why i dont like the president. obstruction of justice hes clearly done by firing ...

He said he was also thinking about pardons martha stewart. cnns jim acosta joins us now. what can you tell us about these pardons? >> i feel like im on an episode of the "apprentice". >> you would have been fired. >> moving on. it was interesting, the white house tried to turn reality inside out and insist the president is not just considering people because of his celebrity status. ill tell you in the last several minutes i spoke with a white house official that said come on. you cant ignore th...

We put in two and a half years of hard work. the president of the united states george bush commuted their sentences. there are lots of people worthy of that. president trump please pardon those guys. those are worthy people of pardons. do you think that one of the most corrupt governors in history is worthy of a pardon right now? just so happens he was prosecuted by fitzgerald who is james comeys lawyer. do you think its a coincidence that martha stewart who was convicted by james comey? these ...