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Apparently looking into this. what could they be looking at here because you have controversy -- this seems like a very extreme case of it. do you have controversies about outgoing governors, outgoing presidents certainly issuing pardons on the wear out of the door that seem distasteful, not something they would do if they were about to face the voters against, but in terms of finding something thats illegal there, what would the fbi be looking at? >> steve, it looks like the kentucky governors ...

Thinking twice about things. he made these determinations on his own. i did speak with his former justice cabinet secretary john tilly who recommended against many of these pardons and commutations saying ultimately the governor made his own decision. he ignored his own state police commissioner who said after investigating and looking into the patrick baker case that mr. baker was guilty. the governor pretty much ignored his, you know, legal counsel, his justice cabinet secretary and his state ...

Child. chris harris says hes now been contacted by an investigator. federal officials say theres little choice but to take an initial look. among the controversial actions the pardon of patrick baker convicted in a home invasion, his relatives hosted a political fundraiser for bevin last year, but he says he didnt kill anyone. >> i am innocent. i just want to thank mr. bevin for his courageous actions and allowing know come home to my family. >> also raising questions, the pardon of a man convic...

>> reporter: the childs mother, who did not want to be identified, says she struggled to tell her daughter. >> it feels like were going through it all over again. >> reporter: some prosecutors say the pardons shocked the conscience. bevin also pardoned patrick baker, who was convicted of shooting and killing a man in front of his wife. while his accomplices remain behind bars, baker, whose family, according to "the courier-journal," raised more than $20,000 for bevins campaign, is now free. >> t...

Barricade, only for protesters to set it up against observers said the protesters intensity dipped in december but with more protests in the works, they could have momentum going into the new year erin mclaughlin, nbc news and in this country, there are new questions tonight over the controversial pardons issued by the governor of kentucky just before he left office now the fbi is looking into them as well. nbcs pete williams has that story >> reporter: matt bevin, kentuckys former republican ...

A 9-year-old girl. >> fear, anger, rage, confusion. >> reporter: that childs mother, who did not want to be identified, says she struggled to tell her daughter. >> it was like we were going through it all over again. >> reporter: but bevin said he didnt believe the victims accusations were true. and the case relied more on testimony than physical evidence. also pardoned, patrick baker, who shot and killed a man in front of his wife. while the accomplices remain behind bars, baker, whose family a...

With this correlation, do you buy his argument? >> well, no, i dont. and actually members of his own party dont. mitch mcconnell actually was very critical of some of these pardons. the republican president of the senate called for an investigation by the u.s. attorney. and others have called for an investigation of the pardons as well. this one case is particularly suspicious because the man who was, whose brother threw the fundraiser for him, he was one of three men convicted of this crime whe...

Kentucky. part of a report from nbcs peter alexander on "nightly news" last night. >> days after leaving office, former kentucky governor is under fire for issuing 428 pardons and commutations, cording to the louisville newspaper. among those pardoned. a man convicted of raping a 9-year-old child. another who hired a hit man to kill his business partner. a man who killed his parents and a man who beheaded a woman before stuffing her in a barrel. >> well quite poignant words there. joining me con...

Hysterical. >> rezaq picked her up, pulled her by the hair, shot her and she fell. >> tamar artzi saw her friend laying there. >> her body was moving. i thought she was as injured as me. i didnt think she was injured so badly. and i kept telling myself, go away from here. it is dangerous from here. but where should i go? >> at the same time, the three americans are seated in the front row. their hands are tied behind their backs with neckties. rogenkamp, baker and pflug. >> in time, patrick bake...

Perhaps i can kick him or assault him. >> he locks eyes with rezaq as hes walking forward, staring right at him. rezaq must have sensed something because he backs away. patrick makes the decision at that point. maybe i can jump out the door and run before he shoots. so he turns to go out the door of the aircraft. at that precise moment, rezaq comes up behind him and fires a round at his head. the bullet literally skims the basque patricks head. hes laying at the top of those steps. rezaq closes ...