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Brazenly defied the court and said, im going to continue any way. thats what led to the contempt of court finding. and thats what he was about to be sentenced for. and thats what ended as a result of the pardon. that legal process. >> again, not discussed at all by the president. as far as i could tell until this point. michael, what the president did talk about, though, was how many other bad pardons presidents have made in the past. it was almost as if he was saying look, theres a hall of sham...

Other bad pardons presidents have made in the past. it was almost as if he was saying look, theres a hall of shame out there for presidential pardons, and this one is in a long line of controversial presidential pardons. is that a good defense? >> its not a good defense, but its a fact. if youre pardoning something, theyre in a criminal jam-up or theyve been in jail. we saw president obama free a terrorist who was responsible for defendants and hundreds of bombings. >> youre doing it, too. >> ab...