EPISODE · Jun 11, 2018 · 33 MIN
Week 82 - Trump's Pardon Talk
from The Weekly List · host Amy Siskind
This week started with Trump pushing yet another norm, saying he could pardon himself. This comes after a string of recent pardons, and Trump bragging to reporters that he is considering 3,000 more—crowning himself the arbiter of what is fair, not the judicial branch. In two moves that alarmed legal experts, Sessions’ Justice Department sided with a frivolous lawsuit instead of defending the Affordable Care Act, and seized phone and email records from a New York Times reporter. Read the full list here: https://theweeklylist.org/weekly-list/week-82/
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This week started with Trump pushing yet another norm, saying he could pardon himself. This comes after a string of recent pardons, and Trump bragging to reporters that he is considering 3,000 more—crowning himself the arbiter of what is fair, not the judicial branch. In two moves that alarmed legal experts, Sessions’ Justice Department sided with a frivolous lawsuit instead of defending the Affordable Care Act, and seized phone and email records from a New York Times reporter. Read the full list here: https://theweeklylist.org/weekly-list/week-82/
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Week 82 - Trump's Pardon Talk
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