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Terrorist Cult Leader Donald J Trump Issues Final Slate Of 147 Get Out Of Jail Free Cards: Kids - No. Bannon - Yes. Joe Exotic - No
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citing Palmer Luckey as an advocate, only months after he hosted a fundraiser for Trump with the Beach Boys as performers. it's....... it's quite a pardon, and not in a good way.
wouldn't be surprised if he just kinda slept on it then woke up tomorrow and panic pardoned himself before it's too late
His going away "party" is 8am at the Air Force base, meaning he'll be out of the White House by like 6-7a. Doubt there's anything else coming apart from him crying in his pillow.
Paul Erickson – President Trump has issued a full pardon to Paul Erikson. This pardon is supported by Kellyanne Conway. Mr. Erickson's conviction was based off the Russian collusion hoax. After finding no grounds to charge him with any crimes with respect to connections with Russia, he was charged with a minor financial crime. Although the Department of Justice sought a lesser sentence, Mr. Erickson was sentenced to 7 years' imprisonment—nearly double the Department of Justice's recommended maximum sentence. This pardon helps right the wrongs of what has been revealed to be perhaps the greatest witch hunt in American History.
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Obama gave out 300+ pardons his last day and I think 2000 overall but it was for a lot of non violent drug offenders and stuff, Trump's pardoned a lot less but it's mostly for cronies and the well connected, that's what makes him more unique though Clinton pardoned so,e shitty people during his day as well. Trump still takes the cake
Not unprecedented at all. Carter pardoned everyone who dodged the draft.
it's not the number that makes it unprecedented it's how many of the people receiving them are in his orbit
He also commuted the sentence of another guy involved in a Ponzi scheme, and one of his supporters isn't too happy
Trump Supporter Shocked Over Clemency of 'Crook' Who Stole His Life Savings
A 71-year-old supporter of President Donald Trump reportedly said that he was forced to "wonder" about the honesty of the outgoing president after he recently commuted the decades-long prison sentence of a man who stole his life savings in a Ponzi scheme.
www.newsweek.com
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Trump has actually given out far fewer pardons/commutations than previous presidents. But the ones he has given out tend to be higher profile ones. He's pardoned litteral war criminals. He's pardoned traitors who refused to help in the Russia investigation, etc.
There really needs to be a limit to the power or number of pardons.
There also needs to be a limit to the number of words that DrForester capitalizes in thread titles.
There also needs to be a limit to the number of words that DrForester capitalizes in thread titles.
Don't worry he'll be back there if he don't change like Gucci mane
While Bannon is gross, there seems to be some decent pardons in there, assuming no outright lies in some of the descriptions. For example I'm seeing some people serving absurdly long, sometimes life sentences for non-violent drug offenses, or twenty+ years for lying on a mortgage application, which is completely obscene, assuming that's the actual charge. Though I did note one guy was commuted from a life sentence but the crime was not described, which is suspicious.
That said I wouldn't credit Trump with those. No doubt some attorneys pushed to include those so it could make Bannon an easier pill to swallow or something like that and he just went along with it. I am very certain he doesn't know any of those people at all nor does he care.
and lol @ the Paul Erikson one. Fuck off.
And yes, this presidential power needs to be abolished, FFS.
That said I wouldn't credit Trump with those. No doubt some attorneys pushed to include those so it could make Bannon an easier pill to swallow or something like that and he just went along with it. I am very certain he doesn't know any of those people at all nor does he care.
and lol @ the Paul Erikson one. Fuck off.
And yes, this presidential power needs to be abolished, FFS.
Had to google that one, and that's definitely gross. Holy shit, what a corrupt, worthless scumbag.
No, we need to do the fucking work to curb authoritarians from getting in these positions in the first place, not neutering their ability to rectify real issues.
Until we fix the broken sentencing, pardons across all levels need to remain as they are. There's people who were pardoned today that served 8 years out of 20+ year sentences for fucking drug offenses. Selling drugs shouldn't be a life sentence.
But it is, so leave this one backend process alone until you fix the front end.
The founders assumed you'd just impeach a president who abuses that power.
Anyway, rapid-fire pardons to unpopular choices on the last day of office seem to be the default rather than the exception, one of the few traditions Trump didn't break with.
Jesus, was Donald writing this stuff himself? I mean, obviously not, he doesn't have the attention span and the grammar's too good, but c'mon people. American history had literal witch hunts. Innocent lives were lost due to superstition and sexism. But sure, your buddies getting caught doing white collar crime is way worse.
Oh I dunno what he's in jail for. Prolly some fucked up shit that he shouldn't be pardoned for. I just liked the song
Edit: armed robbery, drugs, sexual assault 😬
John Dean on CNN earlier threw out the possibility of Trump having "secret" pardons. They apparently don't have to declare them in the press like this. Might only show up if people get charged. I have to hope those cannot be blanket pardons, but specific "I did this Crimes yo" pardons.
That shit would be infuriating, and I hope there are charges to be filed Wednesday afternoon. If they have secret pardons, might as well rip that bandaid off now rather than later.
That shit would be infuriating, and I hope there are charges to be filed Wednesday afternoon. If they have secret pardons, might as well rip that bandaid off now rather than later.
They never learn that he doesn't fuck with em. The stupidity of these Trumpers knows no bounds
Source this please... not hearing this from any reputable sources other than the fact that he wields the power up until 12pm.
Granted Biden can expose them all on day one.
(EDIT: And yes, I looked around at more than just the first checkmarked tweet that said it)
EDIT 2: Also I believe he CAN'T pardon himself (if he tries to, it may not hold up in court unless he gets one of the judges he installs), but the rest of the tweet is true
Wait, you can keep the pardons secret?
Man, I'm ignorant on this. All this sounds so ripe for corruption.
Man, I'm ignorant on this. All this sounds so ripe for corruption.
Good - now they can start piling even more charges on the insurrectionists now that there's no risk of them getting pardoned.
Here's a good breakdown of a few of the pardons courtesy of a redditor.
I can't stop laughing about Joe Exotic and that goddamn limo.
I can't stop laughing about Joe Exotic and that goddamn limo.