Editor's note: This is a response to Caroline Johnston Polisi's piece submitted last month laying out why she asked for a pardon for her client, George Papadopoulos. President Donald Trump pardoned Papadopoulos on Dec. 23. Papadopoulos, a foreign policy adviser to Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, pleaded guilty to lying to federal investigators during special counsel Robert Mueller's probe. You can read Polisi's piece here.