CNN anchor Kasie Hunt pushed Trump senior adviser Jason Miller to answer a provocative question, repeatedly asking if President-elect Donald Trump will pardon himself.
President Joe Biden stunned the political media world Sunday when he announced he is pardoning his son, writing that Hunter “was singled out only because he is my son – and that is wrong.”
The pardon drew widespread criticism and commentary, including Fox News host Laura Ingraham floating a Biden pardon of Trump in an interview with Miller Monday night.
On Tuesday’s edition of CNN This Morning, Hunt hosted Miller for a contentious interview. At the top of the segment, Hunt played the Ingraham clip, then repeatedly pressed Miller on her own version of the question:
KASIE HUNT: So, of course, our viewers saw coming in here what you had to say about the prospect of President-elect Trump accepting a pardon for the things he has been accused– charged with under our justice system.
You said then you didn’t want to put words in the president’s mouth.
I suppose the next step of that, and considering the technicalities around how Jack Smith ultimately dropped these charges in such a way they could be brought back. Would President-elect Trump consider pardoning himself?
JASON MILLER: Well, just like I said last night when I was speaking with Laura Ingraham, this entire notion that Joe Biden is putting out there, that some of the media might be trying to discuss, I think is really kind of silly because President Trump did nothing wrong.