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Stephen Lynch: “The president has just pardoned, you know, Mr. Enriquez. Who…”

Featuring: Stephen Lynch, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 8th Congressional District

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Massachusetts Representative Stephen Lynch calls Trump's comments on running Venezuela "laughable"

Published | Video Starts at 03:08

Was this about protecting Americans from drugs? Was it about regime change? Was it about oil? I think there's some of that. So, first of all, it wasn't about drugs, because The president has just pardoned, you know, Mr. Enriquez. Who was supposed to do 45 years in prison for shipping tons of cocaine into the United States. The President just pardoned him. He was only convicted in 2022. So that guy did not do a long stretch of time there. And Trump let him go because. (03:08–03:22)

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