'So distasteful': Ex-U.S. attorney on report Trump admin ended DOJ probe into fraudster's clemency

David Gentile, a private equity executive convicted of a massive scheme to defraud thousands of people, had his sentence wiped out by President Trump. Now, The New York Times reports DOJ prosecutors had opened an investigation into how Gentile got the clemency deal but were told to abandon it. Reporter for The New York Times Ken Vogel and former U.S. attorney Joyce Vance join Katy Tur to discuss the details of the case.

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