It means consequences like incarceration that help ensure that it doesn't happen again, you know, as a real deterrent. And accountability, it means that money taken from families and the public is returned to them. But That is not the standard that is being set by Donald Trump, who is wielding his clemency authority to allow fraudsters to escape accountability altogether. Last month, my office published a clemency report titled Trump's Clemency How Trump's Pardons Are Ignoring the People who Need Them the Most. I ask unanimous consent to enter this into the record. (01:19–01:30)
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Asserts that Donald Trump uses his clemency power to let fraudsters avoid accountability.
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