Sen. Sasse Calls Trump Pardons ‘Rotten to the Core’

Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) has a message for President Donald Trump after his latest round of pardons.

In the opening of a statement he released Wednesday evening, Sasse said Trump issued pardons to “another tranche of felons like Manafort and Stone who flagrantly and repeatedly violated the law and harmed Americans.”

He slammed Trump in one line, “This is rotten to the core.”

In total, Trump granted 15 pardons and, in part or in full, commutations of sentences for five people, as IJR previously reported.

Some of his pardons included those who were involved in the Russia probe, namely George Papadopolous.

Papadopolous is a former aide to the Trump campaign who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI in 2017.

“Today’s pardon helps correct the wrong that Mueller’s team inflicted on so many people,” the White House said.

Trump also pardoned real estate developer and the father of Jared Kushner, Charles Kushner, as IJR previously reported.

Sasse is not the only one to have harshly criticized the president following the announcements of his pardons.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) blasted Trump during Tuesday night’s MSNBC interview.