by Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) issued a terse statement criticizing President Trump for issuing full pardons to 26 more people on Wednesday night.
The big picture: “This is rotten to the core,” Sasse said. His office set up the one-line comment from Sasse by noting that Trump had pardoned “another tranche of felons like Manafort and Stone who flagrantly and repeatedly violated the law and harmed Americans.”
Flashback: Ben Sasse emerges as GOP Trump critic ahead of November
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