Top Democrat calls Navy admiral briefing about ‘double-tap’ strike on vessels ‘one of the most troubling things I’ve seen’– live

Adm Frank Bradley spoke to lawmakers in a private session on the suspected drug boats; Jim Hines tells CNN the briefing was troubling but Bradley confirmed there was not a ‘kill them all’ orderAmong the beneficiaries of Donald Trump’s pardons and commutations, there is a group that legal experts and political scientists see as some of the clearest evidence of how such actions undermine the rule of law: those who were released from prison and again arrested for different alleged crimes.During his first term, Trump issued 237 acts of clemency – including to someone who was a predatory lender and drug smuggler and to another who ran a Ponzi scheme. Since taking office again, Trump has issued more than 1,600, most for people involved in the January 6 attack on Congress. Continue reading…