Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) is tearing into President Donald Trump after he issued 20 pardons or commutations.
Klobuchar tore into Trumpâs pardons during Tuesday nightâs MSNBC interview, where she accused Trump of âtrying to burn the house of justice down.â She said:
âHearing these stories, he is literally trying to burn the house of justice down on his way out the door. Heâs saying âscrew youâ to the FBI, âscrew youâ to the line prosecutors. These are the hardest cases to make against sitting Congressmen. They did this, they put them away for good reason.â
Watch Klobucharâs interview below:
The Democratic lawmaker also said, âAnd all these cases, theyâre so disparate, they donât really have an organizing principle.â
âBut what they have in common is what Mike Schmidt pointed out earlier in your show and that is that 88% of these pardons are somehow related to Donald Trump or his political goals. And it is corruption through and through,â she added.
Trump issued 15 full pardons and commuted part or in full of the sentences for five additional people, which was announced on Tuesday.
Among those listed included former Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) and former Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.), both of which were granted a full pardon. Trump also pardoned George Papadapoulous, a former campaign aide.
New York Times reporters Michael Schmidt and Maggie Habermanreported on Trumpâs pardons writing, âA tabulation by the Harvard Law School professor Jack Goldsmith found that of Mr. Trumpâs 45 pardons or commutations before Tuesday, 88 percent went to people with personal ties to the president or to people who furthered his political aims.â
