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Jim McGovern: “Thanks to these pardons, we have child sex predators and…”

Featuring: Jim McGovern, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 2nd Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 22:54

He assaulted police officers with bear spray and a metal whip on January 6th. Another repeat offender pardoned by Donald Trump. Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are complicit in these crimes. I mean, Thanks to these pardons, we have child sex predators and violent criminals back on our streets. We even have January 6th perpetrators who have been rearrested on new charges after being pardoned. Daniel Ball, a convicted felon because of his involvement in the Capitol insurrection. (22:54–23:00)

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