“Rep. Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA) returned a donation to a man convicted of fraud in connection with the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal following reporting that President Donald Trump pardoned him just three days after the contribution,” NOTUS reports.
Trump’s pardon power looks less like an instrument of mercy than a rewards program for people with political connections.
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