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Hakeem Jeffries: “Donald Trump pardoned hundreds of violent felons on his…”

Featuring: Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic | U.S. House New York, 8th Congressional District

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Leader Jeffries Speaks to Press

Published | Video Starts at 06:00

But that does not surprise me in terms of the environment that we're in, because these individuals, these extremists, are the 1. They can't justify the fact that Donald Trump pardoned hundreds of violent felons on his first day in office. People who brutally beat police officers, including seriously injuring on these Capitol steps, 140. And then on Donald Trump's first day in office, he pardons these violent felons and then unleashes them on American communities all across the country. (06:00–06:07)

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