How Mitch McConnell got to ‘yes’ on a criminal justice vote
BY LESLEY CLARK AND EMMA DUMAIN lclark@mcclatchydc.com edumain@mcclatchydc.com WASHINGTON — Mitch McConnell had been defying the president and the president’s son-in-law — along with the Republican party in his own home state — as he refused to allow a vote on an overhaul of the nation’s criminal justice laws. The Senate Majority Leader relented Tuesday…