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Trump’s Russia Pardons Would Be an Obstruction of Justice

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The president’s power to nullify charges isn’t ‘absolute,’ because it was never meant to be used to stop a criminal investigation into him, his family, and associates.

Bennett Gershman
Bennett Gershman
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Bennett Gershman

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