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00:00Trump pardons Giuliani sparks outrage.
00:04Donald Trump has used his presidential privilege to pardon Rudy Giuliani and other individuals
00:09who were charged with election interference after attempting to tamper with results and
00:14ensure that Trump would win the 2020 election.
00:18Now granted a full, complete and unconditional pardon, Giuliani and the others involved will
00:24face no consequences for their actions that directly undermine the concept of democracy.
00:29Trump is now being accused of protecting his criminal allies by critics online.
00:36In Georgia, Giuliani was indicted along with 40 others for acting as part of a criminal
00:41organization to change the outcome of the election in favor of Donald Trump.
00:47In Arizona, Giuliani faced felony charges for his alleged role in the fake electors scheme.
00:53Trump's pardon only applies to federal crimes, so while it doesn't affect state charges,
00:58the state prosecutions have more or less hit a dead end.
01:01The fact of the matter is, though, that Donald Trump is interfering with justice in a manner
01:07that serves his false narrative of having the 2020 election stolen from him.
01:13Trump also pardoned the hundreds of individuals who participated in the January 6, 2021 riot
01:20at the U.S. Capitol, including those convicted of attacking law enforcement.
01:25This disgusting disrespect for democracy has sparked outrage across social media platforms
01:30as critics clamor to slam Trump for his actions.
01:34Donald Trump's corruption knows no limits, one person wrote on X.
01:39He has weaponized the Department of Justice to attack his perceived enemies while he protects
01:44his criminal allies.
01:46This move underscores the president's efforts to rewrite the history of the 2020 election
01:52he lost, another person pointed out.
01:55If you were to make a mafia boss president, you shouldn't be surprised if he pardoned his
01:59Kapos, one person posted.
02:02This is a disgraceful abuse of the pardon power, which is the exact opposite of what the founders
02:07intended.
02:09Their tweet reads...
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