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Pardon brokers offer to "put pressure on the president" — at sky-high costs

Hidden cameras captured lobbyists as they tried to woo a potential client interested in obtaining a pardon from President Trump.

  • Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl approached Ammon Covino at a Ritz-Carlton hotel in Virginia.
  • Covino, an aquarium operator, offered $300,000 for a pardon from President Trump.
  • Pardon economy is unprecedented with fees reaching up to $3 million.

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