Top Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee requested information related to President Trump’s reported offer to pardon a top border official if he acted illegally to block asylum seekers
Top Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee requested information Tuesday related to President Donald Trump’s reported offer to pardon a top border official if he acted illegally to block asylum seekers.
later that day on Twitter that he "offered pardons to Homeland Securi[t]y personnel in case they broke the law."News of the pardon offer followed Trump’s announcement last week that former Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen would step down from her post and be replaced in an acting capacity by McAleenan.
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