Maddow Blog President Bystander stumped when asked about pardon he signed hours earlier
Earlier this week, the public learned about the arrest of a Jan. 6 rioter who allegedly threatened to assassinate House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, after he was freed from prison in January thanks to a pardon from Donald Trump. Two days later, in response to a reporter’s question, the president commented on the matter for the first time.
“You have thousands of people that we’re dealing with and, you know, if one goes haywire...” Trump said, before changing the subject mid-sentence. He seemed to imply that only one of the beneficiaries of his Jan. 6 pardons has landed in legal trouble, though reality proves otherwise.
But as part of the same Q&A at Thursday’s White House event, the president was asked about a different scandalous pardon: his support for Changpeng Zhao, who helped finance the president’s stablecoin and put money in the Trump family’s pockets.
Asked why he pardoned Zhao, Trump initially suggested he didn’t know who the Binance founder was. “I do pardon a lot of people,” the Republican said, confirming a point he probably shouldn’t have acknowledged out loud.
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