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‘Quid pro quo wasn’t so great’: Trump fumes after pardon of Texas Congressman doesn’t pan out 

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December 8, 2025

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Mike Schmidt, New York Times Investigative Reporter and Claire McCaskill, former Democratic Senator from Missouri joins Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House with reaction to Donald Trump’s use of the pardon power which included him recently pardoning a Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar who happens to be a Democrat, and Trump’s reaction to how Cuellar received the news proves he may have been filled into pardoning the Congressman for his own potential gain.

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