How to Dodge a Presidential Pardon

How to Dodge a Presidential Pardon

This week, former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was sentenced to a total of 7½ years in prison. Here’s how his case is one of the best examples of a special counsel making sure that those who did wrong serve the time.

Guest: Jed Shugerman, a professor at Fordham Law.

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Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Jayson De Leon, and Anna Martin.

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