Hello listeners, Allison here. Can he do that is still on holiday break this week?

But we went through our four-year long catalog to bring back an episode with themes that we really

think resonate with the state of the country's politics today. We originally published this episode

in February of 2020, a week when President Trump pardoned or commuted the sentences of several

convicted white collar criminals at the center of federal anti-corruption and tax fraud cases.

At the time, he commuted the sentence of his longtime advisor and friend Roger Stone.

Well, last week, Trump again made some controversial moves related to pardons, including a full pardon

this time for Stone, and also for Paul Manafort, for his son-in-law's father, Charles Kushner,

and for more than 20 others. This archival episode from Can He Do That covers the ins and outs of

presidential pardon power and sheds some light on what's happening out of the White House as Trump's

term ends. Here's the episode from February of 2020. Only a few presidential powers are very

clearly outlined in the U.S. Constitution. One of those is the president's power to pardon.

We've seen President Trump exercise his pardon power at several moments during his time in office,

sometimes too much controversy. President Trump has pardoned Joe Arpaio, the former sheriff of

Maricopa County, Arizona, was convicted of criminal contempt for what was described as racial

profiling. Tuesday, the president continued this trend. We have commuted the sentence of Rod Blagoevic,

he served eight years in jail. They just pardon Bernie Carrick, a man who's had many recommendations

from a lot of good people, Mike Milkin, who's gone around and done an incredible job for the world.

He pardoned or commuted the sentences of several convicted white collar criminals

at the center of federal anti-corruption and tax fraud cases. The list included names like

convicted junk bond king Michael Milkin, former New York police commissioner Bernard Carrick,

and disgraced politician Rod Blagoevic, who was convicted of corruption in 2011 for trying to

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