White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, March 30, 2016

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2016 – 1:06 P.M. EDT

MR. EARNEST:  Good afternoon, everybody.  It’s nice to see you all.  I do not have any announcements to make at the top, so we can go straight to questions.

Darlene, do you want to kick us off?

Q    Sure, thanks.  On the commutations today, was that part of an effort to kind of jumpstart the progress in Congress for overhauling the criminal justice system?

MR. EARNEST:…