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Dick Durbin: “Among those who were pardoned by the president are…”

Featuring: Dick Durbin, Democratic | U.S. Senate Illinois

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Published | Video Starts at 08:37

And I'll use the word attack because I was here and I saw what happened. Anyone looking at the videos knows what happened on that day. Among those who were pardoned by the president are individuals who've gone on to commit serious crimes against innocent victims across the United States. Do you think that blanket pardoned by the president of January 6th rioters was the right thing to do? I think that this, the Constitution, gives the president the full power to pardon anybody for any reason he wants. (08:37–08:46)

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Asserts that some individuals pardoned by the President have committed serious crimes afterward.

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