he keeps turning to the same people again and again. he can t seem to find as many outsiders to fill these new roles so he goes to people he knows an trust, like dr. jackson has been. peter, let me ask you about the new york times reporting about john dowd. this is really could be a bombshell. he has denied it, but if john dowd actually did float the idea of pardons for flynn and manafort to their attorneys last summer when they were under active investigation at the time, grand jury testimony, and the like, that, according to experienced attorneys, prosecutors, is really unusual, that pardons are usually done between the white house counsel s office and the department of justice. there is a whole office of pardons. they re reviewed. they re not floated this way by the president s personal attorney. no, that s exactly right. the traditional policy is the justice department does handle any pardon applications and there is a set of guidelines,
immai imgrai immigrants but essentially all but promising sheriff joe arpaio a pardson, the president is getting america ready for the pardoner in chief who might soon find himself pardoning people named trump like donald jr. or ivanka or her husband, jared kushner, in the russia investigation, so the next question today at the white house briefing was even more important. what is the president s pardon philosophy? the press secretary s answer to that was, of course, as is her answer to almost everything, in effect, i have no idea. beyond arpaio, there are 2,200 other pardon applications pending. does the president have any pardon policy, pardon philosophy, any particular way that he would like to use his pardon power tu eer during his office? i haven t had a specific conversation with him about that but i know the white house counsel plays a big role in that
but promising sheriff joe arpaio a pardon, the president is getting america ready for the pardoner in chief who might soon find himself pardoning people named trump like donald jr. or ivanka or her husband, jared kushner, in the russia investigation, so the next question today at the white house briefing was even more important. what is the president s pardon philosophy? the press secretary s answer to that was, of course, as is her answer to almost everything, in effect, i have no idea. beyond arpaio, there are 2,200 other pardon applications pending. does the president have any pardon policy, pardon philosophy, any particular way that he would like to use his pardon power during his term in office? i haven t had a specific conversation with him about that but i know the white house counsel plays a big role in that and would certainly be involved in that process and deliberations on that.