advise irrelevant micha adviser michael flynn. it s one of the president s most unfettered powers. he can wave a wand and say you get a pardon, you get a pardon just in the same way oprah might be offering a car. and it appears the president s been acting that way. he has been abanding on the traditional justice department process, just take the case of dinesh d souza yesterday, the far right fire brand he was only four years removed from his conviction, he pleaded guilty to campaign finance froud u fraud, normally it s five years that need to pass before someone can go through the office of pardon for the petition to be considered, that does not happen according to justice department in this case. just the president we understand it from the white house was moved by his story. d souza today saying that the president in a phone call yesterday said he was a great voice for freedom, said that had he been treated unfairly, his words were that he had about, use the language, screwed and th