somewhat intended pardon process, unlike other states if not a unilateral power of the governor he s going to depend on recommendation of a pardon board. the summit there is politica space for people in texas, particularly, to make thei voices heard about whether the think this is inappropriate us of the power i think that space exists and it s incredibly importan to defend that space for us no as it exists i think those protesters are now contending with th governor was tried to chok whatever they might do in th future to influence him or t influence other members of his party. that s one of the things that found about his decision t preemptively announce hi decision to pardon her all right, sarah jones, thank you for that, we appreciate it. that is all in for this week alex wagner tonight starts right now. good evening, alex thank you, chris. thank you, my friend what is happening which they to start with, bu what is happening in texas wit
that he wants to refer this case into the pardon process, you have to let the legal process play out the sentencing and all of the appeals that you would see go into place in any criminal trial for him to come in at this point, and just say i don t like this verdict overturned. what a dangerous precedent to set. joe. we don t know exactly what governor abbott s motivation is. he hasn t explained it. however there was a loud drumbeat on fox that this, uh daniel perry should never have been convicted and that if he were to be convicted, he should be pardoned. so let me just play a moment of that for you. if that s not justified, shooting, there s no such thing. so this is illegal atrocities officer acted in self defense would shoot in this instance. i think you should be pardoned. i think he spent far too much time in jail already. and then lo and behold, the governor said that he would like to pardon him. look i m not gonna kind of dignified the assumption that the governor abbott is ge
degrees, they are engaged in community work. in the case of the woman who was convicted of second degree murder of her abusive husband, the trial judge in that case didn t permit her to offer all of that evidence and in her own defense. so this is recognition that the pardon process is meant to be used for justice, and for mercy. and it is such a sharp contrast to the former guy, who dangled pardons that people who he thought were at risk of offering evidence the federal authorities that could potentially incriminate him? it takes a very refreshing use of the pardon and the way that it is intended. yeah, rick, you cannot talk about this presidents restraint, with appropriate use of his power almost unilateral power to pardon individuals without contrasting the predecessor who literally pardon every ally and aid in the criminal investigation into him and represented a legal threat to
sentences, and they ve gone on to do really important things. they ve gotten college degrees. they re engaged in community work. in the case of the woman who was convicted of second degree murder of her abusive husband, the trial judge in that case didn t permit her to offer that evidence in in her own defense. so, this is a recognition that the pardon process is meant to be used for justice and for mercy. and it s such a sharp contrast to the former guy, who dangled pardons of people who he thought were at risk of offering evidence to federal authorities that could potentially incriminate him. it s a very refreshing use of the pardon and the way it s intended. yeah, rick, you cannot talk about this president s restrained, appropriate use of his pow e, almost unilateral power to pardon individuals in contrast to his predecessor.
anybody with the impression the military or cia was on the verge of tilting over in one political direction. that s not the case, i don t believe. well, i think what the book details and i want to bring you back in, eli, the book details the transfer of power, which is a little bit more than the ministerial functions, the transfer of power was in question, and you look at the scene and it was clear trump wanted pence to stop the peaceful transfer of power. you can t describe it as peaceful. i want to come back and read the section dan goldman describes about pardoning. eli, there was some contemporaneous reporting from white house correspondents about the pardon process and about pardon onning people ahead of being charged of a crime, like pocket pardons. a discussion arose inside the white house about whether the