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All In with Chris Hayes

‘No MAGA left behind’: Trump pardons criminals with MAGA ties or deep pockets

All In with Chris Hayes

MSNBC

Biden, Climate Change, Politics, Washington, Policy, Congress, Election, News, Trump, Government, President, Democracy, Senate, Msnbc

4.65.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Guests: Jamelle Bouie, Paul Butler, Gina Amato Lough, Ben Rhodes The President's pardon spree continues. Tonight: how Donald Trump is making crime legal again and cashing in along the way. Then, instant backlash over Trump's nomination of his criminal defense attorney for lifetime judicial appointment. Plus meet the newest victim of Trump's deportation dragnet.

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0:00.0

Tonight on All In.

0:03.0

Will you pardon the people who are accused of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer?

0:08.0

I'm going to look at it. I will take a look at it.

0:11.0

The president's pardon spree continues.

0:14.0

I did watch the trial. It looked to me like somewhat of a railroad job.

0:19.0

Tonight, how Donald Trump is making crime legal again and cashing in along the way.

0:25.2

You're saying a president could sell pardons.

0:28.5

The sale of pardons is something that's come up historically and was not prosecuted.

0:32.6

Then instant backlash over Trump's nomination of his own criminal defense attorney for a lifetime judicial appointment.

0:39.3

Plus, meet the newest victim of Trump's deportation dragnet.

0:44.3

The mom tells us that, according to doctors, the little girl could die within days if she is sent back to Mexico.

0:52.3

And outrage in Trump country as the White House denies promised FEMA funding.

0:58.9

And when I'm President, North Carolina will get the support you need and deserve.

1:04.4

But all in starts right now.

1:10.5

Good evening from New York. I'm Chris Hayes. Donald Trump is, of course, the first felon ever elected president of United States, and now he's handing out get out of jail free cards.

1:21.1

Over the last 24 hours, he's been on something of a pardon spree. This afternoon alone, he granted clemency to at least half dozen people,

1:28.4

including a pardon for the former Republican governor of Connecticut, John Rowland, who was convicted

1:33.7

in two federal criminal cases, a rapper who goes by the name NBA Youngboy, who was sentenced

1:38.9

to nearly two years in prison in a federal gun case, former lieutenant Mark Boshaw, who was court-martialed for disobeying

1:46.1

COVID rules. Now, in many cases, Donald Trump uses the power of the presidency to grant a kind of

1:52.6

criminal immunity to those he deems to be, for lack of a better phrase, his kind of people.

1:59.5

Last year, you may remember, Trump's handpicked Supreme Court ruled that basically anything

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