Matt Gaetz: “The federal conviction rate is in the 90 something percent.”

“Now, if I understand Tita Peters case correctly, she was convicted, right? I mean, she went by a jury. Yeah. I mean, I get. You're young in life, you see, The federal conviction rate is in the 90 something percent. And sometimes you've gotta cut your losses and deal with it the way you did. Fortunately, we had restorative justice in your case with the pardon.” (07:34–07:38)

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