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President, people may remember, barack obama had a clemency program where nonviolent drug offenders could apply to have their sentences reduced and there was a formal process in the justice department. and he commuted the sentences of more than 1,000 people in the latter part of his presidency because he thought that the sentences were too long. thats traditionally how pardons have worked through some sort of organized process, not through who was on "the apprentice" >> jeff, if you will stay wi...

Pardons with celebrities, but he granted a pardon for dinesh dsouza and considering martha stewart and blagojevich. both martha stewart and blagojevich made an here answpp "the apprentice." dsouza has made offensive and racially loaded comments over the years about former president obama. the president is considering each case on merits. here is what deputy raj shah told reporters. >> is he sending a message to his allys? -- allies? >> each of the presidents actions on pardons or other things sh...

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Perjury trap. i think there is a common thread of people who have been in his mind attacked or treated unfairly, quote unquote, by people who he thinks have done the same thing to him. the prosecutions have some connections to james comey, as well as preet bharara, the southern district of new york federal prosecutor, which is where the michael cohen case is right now and we know that donald trump fired preet bharara along with a other u.s. attorneys. i dont think you can ignore the celebrity as...

Else who is connected to the president, is this settling scores? >> so i actually think its more. i mean, look. its -- im not a huge believer in coincidence, don. certainly not in politics. so im not willing to dismiss that. my belief is the prime mover, the prime motivator here, and donald trump said this on air force one on the way to texas today. he was asked about dinesh dsouza. and he said i never really met him. i called him last night. boy, was he surprised. i heard him on the radio and s...

Happened to know each other. blagojevich appeared on president trumps reality show "the apprentice." here is a former governors wife tonight. >> president trump is a kind man, compassionate, hes always been kind to my family. he knows how important it is that my husband gets home, to be a father to our daughters, we cant help to be helpful. >> today the president officially pardoned dinesh dsouza, tweeting that he was tweeted treated fairly and fairly by the government operated 2014, he pleaded ...

Back for another decade. they sent him back -- >> neil: and they have petitioned him to do that. its awful. if hes pardoning -- >> neil: and blagojevich, march a commute -- >> right now it looks like trump is pardoning people on "the apprentice" or people supporting him or -- its always a good thing if justice is being served and the president is using their power in a good way. >> 2016, 17, before obama left, he pardoned the falm terrorist. >> neil: do we know if this president has had more -- ...

Now his only hope is the pres. and the two happen to know each other. he appeared on donald trumps reality show the apprentice. >> we know donald trump is a kind man, compassionate god has always been kind to my family, knows how important it is my husband gets home to be a father to our daughter, we cant help but be hopeful. >> the pres. officially pardoned him, he was treated very unfairly by the government. in 2014 he pleaded guilty to a felony count using donors to make illegal contributions...

Clemency acts for contestants on or members of the families surrounding ""the apprentice." rod blagojevich, who is in federal prison, and martha stewart, who did time herself. tonight "the washington post" reports that we should get ready for more. quote, a senior white house official said as many as a dozen other pardons are under consideration by trump, adding that most of them are likely to be granted. there are going to be more, said the official, who spoke, you know the rest, on the conditi...

Family may be pardoned next. theres also the looming questions are these pardons meant as a message to people like cohen and manafort. also the president reportedly pressured jeff sessions to take control of the russia investigation not once, not twice, but at least four times. the reporter who broke that story standing by. all that plus some actual perspective tonight from doris kearns goodwin, on a thursday night as "the 11th hour" gets under way. good evening once again from our headquart...