Jake Tapper: Trump is handing out pardons ‘as eagerly' as Oprah hands out Pontiacs

Source: Washington Examiner | May 31, 2018 | Diana Stancy Correll

CNN’s Jake Tapper compared President Trump’s recent string of pardons to the gifts Oprah Winfrey frequently gives to members of her audience.

The comments come after Trump revealed Thursday that he pardoned conservative author Dinesh D’Souza, who Trump claimed had been “treated very unfairly” by the government.

Trump later shared with reporters on Air Force One Thursday that he was considering pardoning businesswoman Martha Stewart and commuting the sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, both of whom have connections to Trump’s former show, “The Apprentice.”

“Martha Stewart, Blagojevich, if other Celebrity Apprentice contestants are in need of a pardon, now is a good time to raise your hand,” Tapper said Thursday.

“President Trump seemingly passing out pardons to heroes of the far-right almost as eagerly as Oprah once gifted Pontiacs to suburban moms,” he added.

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