WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. Peter Welch issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on The Constitution, alongside U.S. Representative Dave Min (D-CA-47), Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus' Anti-Corruption Task Force, announced a bicameral, sweeping oversight effort into a series of pardons and commutations issued by President Trump that raise serious concerns about corruption, transparency, and abuse of executive power.
The lawmakers sent letters to 17 individuals who received pardons or commutations under circumstances that warrant further congressional scrutiny, including s...