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Ted Cruz: “If you're giving out this many pardons, somebody had to get…”

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Look, then if there was a quid pro quo, that's bribery and that you can be prosecuted for. If they're, if you can prove there's a quid pro quo. Sorry, I'm cynical center. I'm cynical as can be. And If you're giving out this many pardons, somebody had to get a kickback here for this to make sense. I don't think there's a bunch of. Do gooders maybe, maybe not. Randomly handing out pardons at a record rate that is unprecedented as you described it earlier, for nothing. (15:55–16:01)

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