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Mazie Hirono: “Trevor Milton was serving a four-year prison sentence and…”

Featuring: Mazie Hirono, Democratic | U.S. Senate Hawaii

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Published | Video Starts at 02:34

Many of These pardons followed $1 million or more contributions to support the Trump campaign from friends and family of the convicted criminals. For example, Trevor Milton was serving a four-year prison sentence and owed $695 million in restitution to victims and he was pardoned. So all that restitution money, forget it. Forgiven. Pardoned by Trump after he and his wife contributed almost $2 million to support Trump's campaign. (02:34–02:49)

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Asserts that Trevor Milton was pardoned while serving a sentence and owing $695 million in restitution.

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