MSNBC Deadline White House August 29, 2019 20:43:00
Donald trump, i'm not sure if he ever met him, did. he doesn't even view it the way the reluctant framers might have. he views it as a good -- like the way he probably hands out cuff links from the oval. here's some chum for my political patrons. >> the pardon power in the most benign way is about sympathy, it's about mercy of the the quality of mercy -- >> it's about equaling the scales of justice. >> but he uses it as a quid pro quo. even in "the washington post" when it says you do what i will say and i will pardon you, that's a malfeasance quid pro quo right there for the whole world to se...