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Us tonight. Cnn primetime abby Philip Joe Starts right. Now thank you, caitlin, good evening, every everyone. Im abby philip, welcome to cnn prime time. The clock is now ticking, donald trump in 18 codefendants have just ten days to turn themselves in, after being indicted in Georgia On Serious Criminal Charges. The former president is accused of being the head of a criminal enterprise, to overturn joe bidens victory in that state. Tonight, a local sheriff says hes expected to be out of Fulton C...

After being indicted in Georgia On Serious Criminal Charges. The former president is accused now of being the head of a criminal enterprise to overturn joe bidens victory in that state. And tonight, a local sheriff says that he is expected to be out of Fulton County jail. So, what is going on right now in trumps world, with just ten days to go until surrender . We also have news on mark meadows, making a lastditch attempt to get the case against him in georgia dismissed. We will dig into all of ...

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President trump broke with precedent and not releasing his tax returns. most recent presidential nominees have done that.he claims his innocence and says he was under audit. there were other reasons, why he doesnt want to give up this material. but its going to be a pitched political - - again. >>arthel: what happens if president trump pardons paul manafort, is dangling the notion potentially politically perilous for the president democrats politically dangerous for sure. >> they say making that...

Purina pro plan. nutrition that performs. hello, welcome back. all right, president trump is making it clear he enjoys his pardoning powers. and he says he is considering thousands of cases right now. >> we are looking at literally thousands of names of people that have come to our attention that have been treated unfairly or where their sentence is far too lock. >> all right, joining me now, civil rights attorney and law professor avery friedman and criminal defense attorney richard herman. g...

Think you will see more of this in large part because jared kushner, i disagree with him on 99 things, but prisons are not one. jared kushner is proving to be an advocate inside that building and i think thats a positive thing. >> how do you decide then, if you dont go through a process? i guess thats part of the pardoning powers. >> i would recommend a process. don, listen, ive been doing this as you know 25 years. i think a process would serve the president belttter, serve t public better. tha...

I never bet against van, but i dont know that im that optimistic about prison reform. i know im not optimistic about sentencing reform, the things eric holder put into place and loretta lynch put into place, those things are not going to be followed through. so the real systemic challenge to the incarceration of people. especially people of color. is not being changed here. >> van, go ahead. >> i think that you are right on the sentencing question. but i think on prison reform i think you will s...

And maybe holder says hes concerned with the presidents recent pardons. in regards to that. "the new york times" wrote by choosing to pardon the political sporters whose cases largely failed to meet the basic guidelines for pardons, mr. trump could turn a slow and imperfect system into an unequal and unjust one. in which those with fame money or access to the presidents ear are first in line to receive clemency. is there anything, mimi, that that committee or anyone else in congress can do to li...

President trump clearly doing something that is unexpected but, brianna, should we ever -- >> theres something interesting here. a, this is the fifth time the president has used his pardoning powers. you see the end of the tweet where the president says he was treated unfairly by our government. one of the lead usa attorneys on the case was preet ba rara. >> well, listen, he also thinks for the fact is he also is when he makes these pardons, he said the same thing about joe arpaio. and -- >> but...

The end of 2016 because at that point the voters viewed between him and someone acceptable, it could be different. >> and so many serious lawyers dont want him to tweet right now. except with teleprompter scripted speeches, if you will. stand by. there is more news rear following. vice president pence praises a convicted and pardoned former sheriff as a champion of the rule of law, raising important questions about president trumps pardoning powers.