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Karoline Leavitt: “He was most interested in looking at pardoning individuals…”

Featuring: Karoline Leavitt, Republican | White House Press Secretary | National

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Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs Members of the Media, Nov. 4, 2025

Published | Video Starts at 26:26

He's the ultimate final decision maker. And he was very clear when he came into office that He was most interested in looking at pardoning individuals who were abused and used by the Biden Department of Justice and were over prosecuted by a weaponized doj. And the individual you're referring to, that was certainly the case. Even the judge in his case said that the sentencing that the Biden administration was asking for was egregious and went too far. (26:26–26:38)

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Claims the president focuses on pardoning those allegedly mistreated by the Biden DOJ.

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