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Todd Blanche: “President Trump...has full authority to pardon or commute…”

Featuring: Todd Blanche, Republican | United States Deputy Attorney General | National

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Sen. Blumenthal presses Todd Blanche to meet with Epstein survivors

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That investigation into this impropriety was shut down at the request of your office. Did you have any involvement or knowledge about the commutation of Mr. Gentile sentence? President Trump...has full authority to pardon or commute anybody convicted of federal crime. That's not my question. So I'm answering your question. Did you. I'm asking your question. So what? My communications with President Trump I will not talk about. (01:57–05:05)

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Asserts that President Trump has the authority to pardon or commute federal crimes.

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