Since the bill was narrowly reauthorized by Congress in 2018, a series of abuses have come to light that have thrown the entire process’s future into question.
Interviewer Megyn Kelly homed in on whether Ron DeSantis, if elected president, would pardon Donald Trump if the former president is convicted on various charges pending or looming against him. DeSantis, citing Gerald Ford’s Watergate pardon of Richard Nixon in 1974, hinted he would for the good of the country, as well as pardoning “normal Americans” who may have been unfairly targeted.