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Big developments on a legal story we've been reporting for you. an oklahoma parole board today recommends clemency for julius jones, a death row inmate who was convicted of murdering 45-year-old father and businessman paul howell about 20 years ago. this was a prerequisite to potential clemency. now the case goes to the governor for a final decision. but jones lawyers have argued he did not get a fair trial. we reported on this because there's a lot to it. a juror in the trial revealed another juror allegedly used a racist slur to describe jones, and there were other problems with the case. jo...

Up in the investigation in the russian meddling in 2016 as he pardons sheriff joe arpaio last year for his criminal contempt conviction. >> there is thousands of people that deserve comeutation and anoio t white shouldn't take k house to get something like that done. >> reporter: and two sources familiar with the matter say the white house counsel is reviewing potential clemency for a handful of people who were just like johnson who aren't celebrities and who were not politic allies of the white house. jake. >> pamela brown at the white house. joining me now from chicago is simona poppa bapa...

Trump and dowd don't know that congressional investigators at the time simply looked at the abuse of, yes, the pardon and clemency power and it was an effort to silence potential witnesses. we don't know if john dowd dire -- trump directed john dowd to do any of this. from article 1 of the house judicial impeachment article stated that nixon was texpectin foufred treatment in exchange for their testimony. that is an impeachment article, that is a type of legal history looking at the abuse of legpard. not only did nixon let others discuss pardons, but he personally discussed potential clemency ...