Did the president and what he said repeatedly, publicly have anything to do with your decision to commute her sentence? It certainly made it a lot harder. Absolutely. President Trump tends to muck up everything he gets involved with. He [President Trump] does not understand this case. He thought he got her age wrong. He actually Thought like you did, Caitlin. It had something to do with the 2020 election. It did not. Nothing to do with the 2020 election. (07:16–07:19)
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