A major Democratic leader who has slammed President Donald Trump on a number of issues has shockingly backed one of Trump’s controversial pardons, The Hill reported.

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), the House Minority Leader, said that Trump made the right call in granting a preemptive pardon to Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Tx.)

“I don’t know why the president decided to do this, [but] I think the outcome was exactly the right outcome,” Jeffries told CNN.

Jeffries’ has been highly critical of Trump’s use of pardons, calling Trump’s reprieves an affront to the nation’s criminal justice system and more evidence that the Trump administration is the most “corrupt” in American history.

In the wake of Trump’s pardon of Cuellar, however, Jeffries questioned the legitimacy of the corruption charges ag

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