Trump pardons Manafort, Stone, and Charles Kushner

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🗓️ 24 December 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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President Trump announced 26 additional pardons today, benefitting some of his key allies like Paul Manafort, Roger Stone, and Charles Kushner. Andrew McCabe and Norm Eisen, a former White House Ethics Czar, join Chris to discuss whether or not the president committed bribery by daggling a pardon in exchange for Manafort, Stone, and Kushner's silence. Congressmen Josh Gottheimer and Tom Reed later join Chris to discuss the future of the covid relief bill since the president tweeted his dissatisfaction over the amount of money Americans would receive. 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	All right, thank you very much, John.
0:02.3	I am Chris Cuomo and welcome to Primetime.
0:05.3	We do have breaking news.
0:07.3	In 24 hours, just the past 24 hours, this president has vetoed pay for the military,
0:13.5	stalled relief for millions of you, and issued the most toxic tally of pardons we have ever
0:20.7	seen.
0:21.7	26 new Trump pardons tonight, gifts to many convicted criminals that you know well, who
0:29.8	did horrible things, many admitted it, and then he left to go golf in Florida.
0:37.3	After vetoing pay for the military, after leaving relief in limbo, millions of Americans
0:46.6	don't have food for Christmas, let alone money for heat or gifts, and he knows it, and
0:55.4	he doesn't sign the relief bill, and he doesn't veto it, so he knows nothing will happen.
1:05.3	There is a gift in this moment, and I hope you decide to accept it once and for all.
1:13.3	It is the gift of ultimate clarity about this outgoing president.
1:19.4	Democrats, independence, real Republicans.
1:24.1	You all now know, just based on the last 24 hours alone, this guy is the worst ever.
1:34.8	He is the worst president we have ever seen, period.
1:41.7	He has not only proven to be incompetent, but he is indeed truly in humane.
1:49.7	He has denied the hungry.
1:51.6	He has denied our warriors.
1:53.5	He has denied a pandemic, and he does not give a damn about anything but lying about
2:01.8	it all and faking his own greatness.
2:06.7	That is the truth.
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