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House Judiciary requests information on reported pardon offer for CBP head
Source: CNN
House Judiciary requests information on reported pardon offer for CBP head
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN
Updated 1729 GMT (0129 HKT) April 16, 2019
Washington (CNN) — The House Judiciary Committee is requesting information about reports that President Donald Trump told Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan he would grant a pardon if McAleenan was sent to jail for having border agents block asylum seekers from entering the US.
"These allegations, if true, would represent a grave breach of the duties of the President," the letter, directed to now Acting Homeland Security Secretary McAleenan, reads.
The request comes on the heels of a letter from three House committee chairmen Monday requesting documents related to Trump's proposal to release immigrants into so-called sanctuary cities.
Over recent weeks, the President has continued to criticize the nation's immigration laws, suggested a border closure and tariffs against auto imports and forced the resignation of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen.
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By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN
Updated 1729 GMT (0129 HKT) April 16, 2019
Washington (CNN) — The House Judiciary Committee is requesting information about reports that President Donald Trump told Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan he would grant a pardon if McAleenan was sent to jail for having border agents block asylum seekers from entering the US.
"These allegations, if true, would represent a grave breach of the duties of the President," the letter, directed to now Acting Homeland Security Secretary McAleenan, reads.
The request comes on the heels of a letter from three House committee chairmen Monday requesting documents related to Trump's proposal to release immigrants into so-called sanctuary cities.
Over recent weeks, the President has continued to criticize the nation's immigration laws, suggested a border closure and tariffs against auto imports and forced the resignation of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen.
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Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/16/politics/house-judiciary-pardon-ask/index.html