A CNN panel broke into laughter as a former Trump administration official tried to defend the president’s latest pardon of a convicted drug trafficker.

The uproar centered on Trump’s decision to pardon former president of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernandez, who was sentenced to 45 years in prison for drug trafficking. Trump has insisted Hernandez was targeted by a political prosecution carried out by President Joe Biden’s administration.

But the lead investigator responsible for the conviction, Emil Bove, later became Trump’s personal lawyer and now serves as a judicial appointee in Trump’s administration.

On CNN NewsNight, host Abby Phillip convened a panel that included Harrison Fields, Ana Navarro, Arthur Aidala, and Jamie Harrison to dissect Trump’s strikes on alleged drug boats and t

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