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Charge. the president commuted her sentence a week after receiving a personal plea from kim kardashian. the president is said to be considering dozens of new pardons. let's get more from chris cuomo. he's here in washington. got some big sper views later tonight. let's talk about this. what do you make of the president? he seems to be wanting to do more and more of these pardons. >> the impetus seems obvious. on the political side, it's that this is unchecked power. the president can do what he wants. he doesn't have to ask anybody permission, he doesn't have the negotiate. with we get that's ...

On several cabinet members for their performance in last year's hurricane season including epa administrator scott pruitt, who's under investigation for ethics violations. >> administrator scott pruitt, thank you scott very much. epa is doing really, really well. somebody has to say that about you a little bit, you know that, scott. >> reporter: one person not getting praised tonight? attorney general jeff sessions, who trump all but ignored. >> attorney general jeff sessions, thank you, jeff. >> reporter: as you know, wolf, president trump as recently as yesterday continues to badger the atto...

Second is capitalism. >> reporter: his father is a billionaire. they donate to super pacs that they say they could not be happier with scott pruitt running the epa into the ground. >> the epa obviously needs to go away. >> reporter: until it does, he and others hope the president will keep scott pruitt right where he is. he was excited about the b possibility of bringing a franchise to tulsa, oklahoma. meanwhile, two of pruitt's close rest aides are leaving. one, the very staffer directed the try and find pruitt that used mattress. >> that story is not going away. thanks for the strong reporti...

President. he says they haven't spoken in weeks. say good job, let's work on this issue now that we know you care about it. he said no. i said why no? this is the problem. not some celebrity comes up and all of a sudden, he's found religion on this issue. we wanted to work with him on it and he didn't. i'm not going to do it because kim kardashian says so. that's where we are today. >> is he trying, the president as some of his critics are saying, sending a message to others right now? >> i think that this type of move objectively sends lots of messag messages. tough take the johnson parton an...

But it makes it certainly far less likely that he had no idea what's happening here and michael cohen was acting you know l-- unilaterally. >> president trump just commuted the sentence of a whom whose case was argued in the oval office by kim kardashian. now we're told he's considering dozens of new pardons. we're joined by senior white house correspondent pamela brown. the president is on a clemency spree. >> reporter: that's right. typically presidents wait until the end of their term to grant pardons, but not president trump. he has already reached out to white house officials asking them ...