were uncovered through a report commissioned by state lawmakers. and a special counsel report commissioned by the state s attorney general revealed new evidence and suggested vacating glossip s murder conviction. but none of that was enough to convince the board to grant clemency. joining me now is his attorney, don knight, and republican state representative kevin macdougal. both testified on glossip s behalf. don, what is your response to the parole board s decision today? it was a shocking decision. i thought the hearing went very well. i just applaud the attorney general drummond for standing up and doing what was right, and to insist that the fact that mr. glossip did not get a fair trial be known, and that he was supporting a new trial. there are serious problems with this case.
cannabis for example, to give people understanding, voters in maryland and missouri voted last week to approve legal recreational marijuana, use while three other states rejected the move. i wonder a long line of things, of course president biden has spoken about in terms of pardoning word in terms of trying to grant clemency based relief for people, he has viewed marijuana through a different lens than he did with the ominous crime bill, as just one aside. what does this tell you about these measures being successful in certain states? i find it really hard to draw concrete lessons on these bills, because you look these measures, worthy of past is not easy to say this is a red versus blue issue, maryland and missouri have nothing in common politically, missouri has gone more red than your coat is right now other trump. this is more of a poppy orange red but that s fine. [ laughter ] you got counties
that. but if there is a conviction? that is when the governor has the power to pardon or grant clemency. donald trump knows this because he granted a pardon to a guy who went to jail who defeated me for congress, chris collins. he knows how this game is played. let them do what they want, they re dirty tricks. get convicted. but they have a friend in the governor s office who can pardon you. that s what donald trump s banging on. that is why he s so supportive. and he would need to know that close connection between the two of them, louise eldon was called one of donald trump s earliest and staunchest supporters. that s what should be important to new yorkers. well, they should be crime is really the rees and this race has gotten so much tighter. he can address crime by making bail adjustments and going after, getting rid of manhattan da alvin bragg. you do not want to do those things. what things would you do? would you do to address public safety? crime is a problem here. i m s
if he were to be elected governor, what would happen to the investigations into trump businesses? could they get derailed? could tish james get stopped? absolutely. tish james is one tough prosecutor. she is a great friend. and i know she s going to go to that. but if there is a conviction? that is when the governor has the power to pardon or grant clemency. donald trump knows this because he granted a pardon to a guy who went to jail who defeated me for congress, chris collins. he knows how this game is played. let them do what they want, they re dirty tricks. get convicted. but they have a friend in the governor s office who can pardon you. that s what donald trump s banging on. that is why he s so supportive. and he would need to know that close connection between the two of them, louise eldon was called one of donald trump s earliest and staunchest opponents. that s what should be important to new yorkers. well, they should be
or being distracted by last minute scare tactics. i mean, we lost the last two weeks of the twenty 2020 twenty election on the phone. the police and socialismel. and that was our fault. w we shouldn t let that happen. jesse , what do you think oft that? i listen to him when he talksstn was t crime because he grew up poor and he was the governor of arkansas. when you re the governor, youer, come face to fac ye with thesee killers. it s up to you whether fa or not you say fry them or grant clemency. and as governor , he killed a lot of really disgusting evilt people and he didn t want to do it. he said he was against the policy, but he respected the wishes of the people in arkansas. and governors have a specials he role to play. and a lot of these people making these decisions weren t governors. they didn t get to see these people. you know, yoernors.u get a shee. this guy five kids. this guy knifed a woman in the back. in and you look at that, ofat and o you se, you re going to