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Judges who oversaw cases frustrated by Jan. 6 pardons

In the days since President Trump’s sweeping clemency of Jan. 6 rioters, the federal courts have been busy processing the dismissals. But the judges who've spent years overseeing the hundreds of trials are not hiding their frustration. Geoff Bennett discussed more with John Jones, a retired federal judge who now serves as the president of Dickinson College.

Judges who oversaw cases frustrated by Jan. 6 pardons

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