"President Donald Trump's former pardon attorney Ed Martin is hitting back against allegations that Trump's clemency office partially operated as a pay-to-play scheme
Martin - a deeply entrenched MAGA loyalist, former right-hand man to conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly, and self-described 'fighter' - has cycled through several administration re-brandings
He dismissed conflict-of-interest critiques over Blanche's history as Trump's personal defense attorney as 'silly' saying, it's actually better
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