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Immai imgrai immigrants but essentially all but promising sheriff joe arpaio a pardson, the president is getting america ready for the pardoner in chief who might soon find himself pardoning people named trump like donald jr. or ivanka or her husband, jared kushner, in the russia investigation, so the next question today at the white house briefing was even more important. what is the president's pardon philosophy? the press secretary's answer to that was, of course, as is her answer to almost everything, in effect, i have no idea. >> beyond arpaio, there are 2,200 other pardon applications pe...

But promising sheriff joe arpaio a pardon, the president is getting america ready for the pardoner in chief who might soon find himself pardoning people named trump like donald jr. or ivanka or her husband, jared kushner, in the russia investigation, so the next question today at the white house briefing was even more important. what is the president's pardon philosophy? the press secretary's answer to that was, of course, as is her answer to almost everything, in effect, i have no idea. >> beyond arpaio, there are 2,200 other pardon applications pending. does the president have any pardon pol...

Is the president seeking a recommendation from the deputy attorney general or the pardon attorney or is he asking for an fbi background check in his consideration of that pardon? >> i would imagine they go through the thorough and standard process, and when we have an announcement on what that decision is after that's completed, we'll let you know. >> and more broadly, beyond arpaio, there are 2,200 other pardon applications pending. does the president have any pardon policy, pardon philosophy any particular way that he would like to use his pardon power during his term in office? >> i haven't...

Him for one last thing. president bush won't give it to him, believes it's not merited. so they part on pretty bitter terms. the vice president tells him, you're leaving a good man wounded on the field of battle. >> this is something that haunted president bush. didn't it take laura bush to say to him, stop, make your decision, enough. >> yeah, exactly right. he's up at camp david, dwelling on it. he's there with family and friends. it's supposed to be a victory after eight years of difficult times. he's dwelling on this. president bush is not a second guesser. in this case, he's completely co...