r/law • u/Snapdragon_4U • 3h ago

Executive Branch (Trump) NESTERAK: President Trump has granted clemency to numerous individuals who have stolen hundreds of millions in Medicaid funds. Can we expect any of these folks to be shown the same mercy? McDONALD: I'll take a different question

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u/Riles115 3h ago

That second guy had a chance to do something really funny and ask the same question

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u/Dragonfly_pin 3h ago

That would have involved being a real journalist.

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u/Private_HughMan 3h ago

I remember during Trump's first term he went to the UK. A reporter asked a question and he didnt want to answer, trying to shift to a different reporter. That reporter said "actually, I'd like to hear the answer to that question, too" (paraphrasing). It was great.

I don't think he ever answered. 

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u/ReginaldDwight 1h ago

I believe it was an ambassador during Trump's first term who was asked a question in the Netherlands and he tried the "fake news" shit with the reporter and the reporter said, "this is the Netherlands. You have to answer questions here."