Dems fear Trump is looking at presidential pardons
By Olivia Beavers - 03/17/19 06:00 AM EDT
Democrats are increasingly expressing worries that President Trump may seek to pardon allies convicted or charged in investigations of his campaign and administration in the wake of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s sentencing.
Worries about Trump pardons have long been bandied about by critics of his administration, but the chatter is on the rise in recent weeks.
House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) signaled Thursday that his panel is interested in whether Trump is dangling pardons to witnesses tied to special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, or to the Southern District of New York, which is probing hush money payments made to two women alleging affairs with Trump.
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