A new internal memo to House Judiciary Committee Democrats zeroes in on a new attack line: President Donald Trump’s nearly 1,600 pardons are expensive.
According to the document, Trump’s pardons are costing crime victims and taxpayers potentially $1.3 billion.
“Not only has President Trump issued an unprecedented number of pardons in his second term,” the memo states, “he has used his clemency powers to take an estimated $1.3 billion away from victims and survivors of crime, allowing perpetrators to keep profiting from their crimes — a sharp break with established practice.”