The president is sending an extremely clear signal to his confederates and associates with his pardons of politically connected convicts that they will get their reward if they stay strong.

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) May 31, 2018

“Should I pardon this wrongfully imprisoned man both right and left have agreed was given short shrift by our legal system? No, I shall pardon a man who thinks that the Nazis loved gay people.”

— Jane Coaston (@cjane87) May 31, 2018

Oh look: the man the president pardoned and who Ted Cruz just praised, fomenting the same vile anti-semitic lie that Roseanne was tweeting. What a coincidence! https://t.co/kASRrtWwtM

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) May 31, 2018

Also important here is the *way* he’s doing these pardons (Arpaio, Libby, D’souza), which as far as I can tell, aren’t going through the pardon attorney process.

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) May 31, 2018

Re-upping my article from last month on Trump’s use of the presidential pardon… https://t.co/qoClZmN4K0 pic.twitter.com/u1ov3crYQN

— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) May 31, 2018