{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://stevens.house.gov/media/press-releases/video-mi-congresswoman-haley-stevens-calls-end-presidential-pardon", "VIDEO: MI Congresswoman Haley Stevens Calls for End of Presidential Pardon", "2025-11-20", "2025", "2025-11", "Democrat", "House", "MI", "Haley M. Stevens", "S001215", "stevens.house.gov", "stevens", "https://stevens.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "\u201cThe system is broken. It\u2019s time for it to end.\u201d\n\nWashington, D.C. \u2013 Yesterday, Michigan Congresswoman Haley Stevens joined Senator Slotkin\u2019s call to end the presidential pardon after voting to release the long-blocked Epstein Files, releasing a new video calling to end the pardon.\n\nWith Trump threatening pardons for Ghislaine Maxwell and others involved in Epstein\u2019s child sex trafficking ring, Congresswoman Haley Stevens is making it clear: the abuse of power must end, and the presidential pardon must go.\n\nFor years, presidents have abused the pardon power to reward political allies.\n\nTrump has done it again and again \u2013 and now he could even pardon a person who helped run a child sex trafficking ring with Jeffrey Epstein. That\u2019s unacceptable. @SenatorSlotkin has it right. End\u2026 pic.twitter.com/Cj0R7U9cKC\n\n\u2014 Rep. Haley Stevens (@RepHaleyStevens) November 19, 2025\n\nWatch the video here\n\nKey Excerpts:\n\nIt\u2019s time to stop protecting Donald Trump and start protecting survivors.\n\nNo one is above the law. The presidential pardon has been used to reward political allies.\n\nTrump has done it again, and again, and again. And now he could even pardon a person who helped run a child sex trafficking ring with Jefferey Epstein. That\u2019s unacceptable.\n\nMichiganders are sick of seeing this process abused by whatever powerful interest is close to the White House.\n\nThat\u2019s why I\u2019m joining my fellow Michigander, Senator Slotkin, in calling for an end to the presidential pardon.\n\nThe system is broken. It\u2019s time for it to end. Survivors deserve justice.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://stevens.house.gov/media/press-releases/video-mi-congresswoman-haley-stevens-calls-end-presidential-pardon"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9106500074267387, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}