Trump issues more pardons including to his former campaign chairman and Jared Kushner’s father

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 24 December 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Pres. Trump pardons former Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort, for longtime ally Roger Stone and Jared Kushner’s father Charles Kushner along with 23 others. Andrew Weissman who led the prosecution of Paul Manafort for the Special Counsel’s Office at the Justice Department reacts. Former Nixon White House Counsel John Dean and CNN Legal analyst Carrie Cordero also weigh in. Also, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Democratic member of the House Judiciary Committee, speaks out about tonight’s pardons and the President’s latest showdowns with Congress over the coronavirus relief bill and the National Defense Authorization Act. Plus, as millions of Americans travel for the holidays, coronavirus deaths and infections are still hitting record levels. Dr. Chris Murray explains his team’s new model predicting thousands more coronavirus deaths in the United States by April 1. Dr. Leana Wen explains the new coronavirus variant strains and how they may affect children. Airdate: December 23, 2020 Guests: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Carrie Cordero Chris Murray Dr. Leana Wen To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And we do have breaking news for a second straight night.
0:03.7	The Christmas message is it doesn't matter how naughty, nasty, or even last night murder
0:08.4	as you are.
0:09.8	Being nice to the president changes everything.
0:12.7	24 hours after pardoning corrupt congressmen, Medicaid scammers, and war criminals, the
0:17.2	president is at it again.
0:18.9	This time, the big three are his disgraced campaign chair, Paul Manafort, his campaign
0:23.5	operative, and self-described dirty trickster Roger Stone, and real estate tycoon Charles
0:28.6	Kushner.
0:29.6	Stone and Manafort refused to cooperate with the Mueller investigation.
0:33.2	Charles Kushner is Jared Kushner's father.
0:37.0	Of Paul Manafort, the president once tweeted quote, unlike Michael Cohen, he refused to
0:41.5	break makeup stories in order to get a deal.
0:45.4	Family values if the family's last name is Corleone.
0:50.0	Another big night, San is Evan Perez starts us off at the Justice Department.
0:53.3	Evan, these partens were again, people who were close to the president.
0:57.3	What can you tell us?
0:58.3	That's right, John.
1:00.4	The big names that stand out on this list of 26 pardon and three commutations are the
1:06.8	president's campaign associates.
1:10.0	These are people who were sentenced to prison for essentially trying to protect the president.
1:15.6	That's according to special counsel Robert Mueller's prosecutors.
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