Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20190309:01:06:00
>> to help understand the implications of all this pardon talk, i'm joined by former u.s. acerny for the southern district and former white house counsel for president barack obama a and -- there seems to be a consensus that despite whatever article powers, can't exchange them for favors to cover opcrime. that we're agreed on, pretty much? >> i think we're all agreed on. the problem is we're in completely unchartered waters. the pardon authority has typically been used after is someone has been convicted of a crime when all the facts are known and here we have the opposite. we have the pardon ...