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House Democrats try to check Trump's pardon power

by Associated Press
| July 23, 2020 9:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats are trying to rein in President Donald Trump’s clemency powers on Thursday as they advance legislation that would discourage pardons for friends and family and prevent presidents from pardoning themselves.

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