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SD Senator Mike Rounds, the President & Pardons

SD Senator Mike Rounds, the President & Pardons

Senator Mike Rounds Photo: WNAX


President Trump said he didn’t want to talk about a possible pardon of Roger Stone after he was convicted on charges of lying to Congress and other charges.

South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds says the President can question how the Department of Justice is handling those types of cases…

Rounds says the President doesn’t hide his opinions…

Rounds says every President has to gauge how to use the power of the pardon..

Attorney General William Barr has said the President’s tweets make it difficult for him to do his job.

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