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Podcast: CNN Inside Politics
Episode: Pardon Power
Description: First: Donald Trump is aggressively using the power of the pardon to let loyalists off the hook, especially conservatives he claims - baselessly - were pursued by the Biden Justice Department for political reasons. The latest example: a reality TV couple convicted in a $30 million fraud scheme.Â
Plus: Trump is clearly getting fed up with Vladimir Putin's seeming unwillingness to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine. But will the president actually punish Russia?Â
And: John King talks with Trump supporters in Allentown, Pennsylvania to get their take on the president's trade war. Do th...