Tim Walz offers strange defense for pardoning convicted child rapist Trump administration deported

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz defended his decision to pardon Tou Lue Vang, a Laotian national convicted of first-degree criminal sexual conduct against a 10-year-old girl, after the Trump administration deported him. Vang was granted a pardon by Minnesota's Board of Pardons in June but later lost legal status and was deported. Walz questioned the deportation's impact on safety and emphasized that the pardon was not tied to immigration policy.