After Trump, Episode 3: Obstruction and Pardons
The Lawfare Podcast
The Lawfare Institute
4.7 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2021
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
In the third episode of “After Trump,” the six-part limited podcast series based on the book, "After Trump: Reconstructing the Presidency," by Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith, we explore the pardon power and what happens when a president abuses it.
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| 0:35.0 | All right, we are just going through some of this breaking news. |
| 0:41.0 | Moments ago, President Trump issued another round of pardons, including... |
| 0:45.0 | I want to tell you a story about obnoxious obstructions and pathetic pardons. |
| 0:51.0 | President Donald Trump is spending the holidays in Florida at his golf course. |
| 0:57.0 | But he had time last night to hand out early Christmas gifts to dozens of allies and loyalists |
| 1:03.0 | in the form of controversial presidential pardons. |
| 1:07.0 | Once upon a time, there was an American president who was like Peter Rabbit, |
| 1:13.0 | always getting into mischief. And Lordy B, he had a lot of running buddies who committed plain old crimes. |
| 1:21.0 | The man who helped get Donald Trump into the White House now faces almost seven years in prison, |
| 1:26.0 | on charges stemming from his political consulting in Ukraine. |
| 1:29.0 | President Trump's former national security adviser admitting he lied to the FBI. |
| 1:34.0 | One of Donald Trump's close confidants is now under arrest, and there he is, Roger Stone. |
| 1:39.0 | Former Trump campaign aide George Poppidopoulos has been sentenced to four... |
| 1:44.0 | Steve Bannon has been arrested and indicted by the Manhattan U.S. attorney. |
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