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Almost anyone, former legal adviser to trump, attorney to scooter libby who was among those pardoned by this president. victoria, great to have you back. this is the crucial question. is president donald trump sending a message with these pardons to people like manafort, flynn, cohen? >> if their lawyers don't know that the president has pardon power, they better get into another line of business, for goodness sakes. the president has pardon power, we know that. it's unfettered. and what is this thing about, well, every other president did it -- didn't do any in the first couple of years. well...

>> if you had to do a scouting report on a chief executive, how would you compare him -- put these two men side to side. the new president we'll watch for 100 days now, and the president we had for eight years? >> you're talking about opposites. i mean, bill clinton was very comfortable, very everything. but, look, a lot of people were extremely upset with him, and especially the way he got out. i like him very much. but i know of mark rich. i've been studying mark rich for years. to give him a pardon was -- it was just something that was inexcusable. i think that we're dealing with very oppos...

Most of the people, i'm sure to all of your viewers, the fact is she really does -- she is totally in love with this man. but boy, she has had a tough time of it there is no question about it. >> do you they that pardon for mark rich, which you think wasn't a good idea, do you think that hurt her in new york? >> i think it hurt her. i think it really hurt him. people that were really backing him and willing to give him the benefit of the doubt, just said at the end, look, we've just had it. it was sad. and i like him so much. i think he is terrific in so many ways. but it was just a culminatio...

But he really has stepped up to the plate, and i think he is becoming very presidential and doing a very good job. >> if you had to do a scouting report on a chief executive, how would you compare him -- put these two men side to side. the new president we'll watch for 100 days now, and the president we had for eight years? >> you're talking about opposites. bill clinton was very comfortable, very everything. but, look, a lot of people were extremely upset with him, and especially the way he got out. i like him very much. but i know of mark rich. i've been studying mark rich for years. to give...

Pardons to hundreds of nonviolent drug offenders. presidents get in trouble when they go outside that process. bill clinton went outside that process to pardon mark rich. president trump, the pardon of scooter libby, joe arpaio, was not in that process. it's problematic, it's politically troubling, but as a matter of presidential power, there's no doubt that the president has the authority to do it. >> i'm so glad jeffrey's finally, finally learning that the president really does have these enormous powers under the unitary executive, to pardon, to fire, to end an investigation. it doesn't mak...