Trump pardons thread

[Winehole23]

convicted Republican slimeball Duncan Hunter

https://media1.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2020_12/3273426/200317-duncan-hunter-cs-217p_c1f0aef5e9ce7ab124f19ce0aae11aae.fit-760w.jpg

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[Winehole23]

convicted liar George Pappadapoulos

https://static.politico.com/dims4/default/223d1b1/2147483647/resize/1160x%3E/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F3e%2Ff5%2 F1e92cd41476cb88aaa00fab90686%2Fpapadopoulos-george-main.jpg

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Alert-Trump-issues-15-pardons-including-former-15823184.php

[Winehole23]

insider trader while US Rep Chris Collins

https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/180811103105-02-chris-collins-insider-trading-super-tease.jpg

[Winehole23]

Nussor Square war criminals

https://static01.nyt.com/images/2014/10/23/us/23blackwater/23blackwater-superJumbo.jpg?year=2014&h=1365&w=2048&sig=0x1a32bc30996852eb9724af00ab44689a

[Winehole23]

Sentence commuted: ex-US Rep Steve Stockman

https://cdnph.upi.com/svc/sv/i/8101523577022/2018/1/15235788871943/Former-Rep-Steve-Stockman-guilty-of-23-felonies.jpg




The announcement Tuesday also included commuting the remaining prison term of former Rep. Steve Stockman, a Texas Republican who was convicted by a jury in Texas of almost two dozen felonies, including fraud and money laundering.https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/22/politics/trump-pardons/index.html

[pgardn]

This is going to be a big ugly list.
but very necessary.

and as I type this I get an alert about the coronavirus in our area.

[Winehole23]

This is going to be a big ugly list.
but very necessary.Will probably get worse after Barr leaves tomorrow.

[Will Hunting]

Said it in another thread but :lmao the MAGAtards who don’t realize he wouldn’t be issuing these pardons if he thought there was even a small chance he’d be staying in office past January 20.

[weebo]

Anything other than white criminals?

[Winehole23]

Anything other than white criminals?Pardoned Alice Johnson at Kim Kardshian's request back in August.

[Winehole23]

Others included in the clemency batch on Tuesday were pardons for Alfonso Costa, a dentist who pleaded guilty to health care fraud; Alfred Lee Crum, who pleaded guilty in 1952 to illegally distilling moonshine; Weldon Angelos, who was sentenced to 55 years in prison for selling marijuana and carrying a handgun; Philip Lyman, a county commissioner in Utah who was sentenced to 10 days in jail related to his protest of ATV restrictions on federal land; and Otis Gordon, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute.


Philip Esformes, a Florida nursing home mogul convicted of paying bribes in a Medicare fraud case, also had some of his sentence commuted by Trump.

[Winehole23]

Alex van der Zwaan, lied to Mueller

https://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/1eb1901602ea2455a2fd90b57f6e96d77cec2636/c=0-73-3648-2134/local/-/media/2018/04/03/USATODAY/USATODAY/636583481867616980-EPA-USA-VAN-DER-ZWAAN-TRIAL-98895521.JPG?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp

[weebo]

Pardoned Alice Johnson at Kim Kardshian's request back in August.

I meant recently, after getting kicked to the curb.

[Winehole23]

I meant recently, after getting kicked to the curb.Dunno. Maybe among the commutations?

[spurraider21]

Sentence commuted: ex-US Rep Steve Stockman

https://cdnph.upi.com/svc/sv/i/8101523577022/2018/1/15235788871943/Former-Rep-Steve-Stockman-guilty-of-23-felonies.jpg



https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/22/politics/trump-pardons/index.html
unrelated to his charges/pardon, but this is what i always remember stockman for

starting at 7:30


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPgZfhnCAdI

[Winehole23]

Trump didn't pardon Duncan Hunter's wife, who was convicted of the same offenses. :lmao

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[spurraider21]

Trump didn't pardon Duncan Hunter's wife, who was convicted of the same offenses. :lmao

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damn, thats the most guilty/corrupt guy named Hunter i've heard about in a while

[Winehole23]

:lol

[Chumpette]

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/12/breaking-president-trump-grants-full-pardon-george-papadopoulos-london-based-lawyer-caught-mueller-probe/

This is fucked up. Hillary's people caught him talking to a Russian dude in a European bar fair and square!

[ChumpDumper]

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/12/breaking-president-trump-grants-full-pardon-george-papadopoulos-london-based-lawyer-caught-mueller-probe/

This is fucked up. Hillary's people caught him talking to a Russian dude in a European bar fair and square!
:lol that's not what happened.

Does the truth matter to you at all?

Yes or no.

[Chumpette]

convicted liar George Pappadapoulos

https://static.politico.com/dims4/default/223d1b1/2147483647/resize/1160x%3E/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F3e%2Ff5%2 F1e92cd41476cb88aaa00fab90686%2Fpapadopoulos-george-main.jpg

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Alert-Trump-issues-15-pardons-including-former-15823184.php


HE SHOULD'VE KNOWN BETTER THAN TO TALK TO A RUSSIAN IN A BAR.

AND THESE CONSERVITARDS GET ON HILLARY FOR GIVING PUTIN ALL THAT URANIUM.

[Spurtacular]

:lol that's not what happened.

Does the truth matter to you at all?

Yes or no.

FAKE!

[Winehole23]

derp losing it in multiple threads

still batting .000 for factual accuracy

[Spurtacular]

damn, thats the most guilty/corrupt guy named Hunter i've heard about in a while

What did he do that was worse than conspiring with the enemies of the United States?

[ChumpDumper]

FAKE!Yeah, you posted fake shit for the same guy using two screen names.

Does the truth matter to you at all?

Yes or no.

[Winehole23]

What did he do that was worse than conspiring with the enemies of the United States?who conspired with the enemies of the United States?

[Spurtacular]

Chris

Chumpettes think the law should be weaponized to fuck over their political enemies.
It's just how commies roll.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_7285.jpg

[Spurtacular]

who conspired with the enemies of the United States?

The Fraudens

[ChumpDumper]

Don't lie to the feds, derp.

Pretty simple.

[Winehole23]

The Fraudens

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ep4_nkqXIAAVrky?format=jpg&name=large

[Spurtacular]

Don't lie to the feds, derp.

Pretty simple.

Do they get charged when they lie to you?

I'd tell you to stop justifying weaponizing law, but you're a fucking pschopath and all.

[ChumpDumper]

Do they get charged when they lie to you?No. Cops don't either. Not in interrogations and interviews.

Don't lie to them. Is that too difficult for you?

Yes or no.

[Spurtacular]

No. Cops don't either. Not in interrogations and interviews.

Don't lie to them. Is that too difficult for you?

Yes or no.

I don't give a shit that he lied to Hillary's deputized thugs.

Not one fucking shit.

A well deserved pardon.

[ChumpDumper]

I don't give a shit that he lied to Hillary's deputized thugs.

Not one fucking shit.

A well deserved pardon.Does truth matter to you at all?

Yes or no.

[Spurtacular]

Does truth matter to you at all?

Yes or no.

Attention whoring matters greatly to you.

Now ask the question another 100 times and see if I don't answer those too, attention whore.

[ChumpDumper]

Attention whoring matters greatly to you.

Now ask the question another 100 times and see if I don't answer those too, attention whore.You can just say you're too afraid to answer.

Does truth matter to you at all?

Yes or no.

[Chris]

Chris

Chumpettes think the law should be weaponized to fuck over their political enemies.
It's just how commies roll.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_7285.jpg

The law is negotiable for Dems when they can retain power and control.

ie: Sanctuary States/cities, autonomous zones, elections, etc...

[Winehole23]

Trump's DOJ did all the stuff you're complaining about, Chris.

[ChumpDumper]

The law is negotiable for Dems when they can retain power and control.

ie: Sanctuary States/cities, autonomous zones, elections, etc...:lol Trump's DOJ

You can't play the victim here.

[spurraider21]

president is letting his allies skate for committing crimes and derp/chris interpretation is:

"the law is negotiable for dems when they can retain power and control" :lmao

[Spurtacular]

president is letting his allies skate for committing crimes and derp/chris interpretation is:

"the law is negotiable for dems when they can retain power and control" :lmao

Our "attitude" is that Democrats are turd commies who have infected all institutions and we don't feel sorry for you.

:lol That you're trying so hard to be a victim here.

[spurraider21]

Our "attitude" is that Democrats are turd commies who have infected all institutions and we don't feel sorry for you.

:lol That you're trying so hard to be a victim here.
republicans have controlled the institutions for the last 4 years

come to terms

[ChumpDumper]

republicans have controlled the institutions for the last 4 years

come to terms:lol he has to play the victim.

[tholdren]

:lol he has to play the victim.

You mean like you do with the mask and vax you need to feel safe

[Spurtacular]

republicans have controlled the institutions for the last 4 years

come to terms

I'm not a Republican, and I call them out all the time.

I accepted terms a long time ago.

[ChumpDumper]

You mean like you do with the mask and vax you need to feel safeYou do both.

[Borosai]

Basically an organized crime family... and friends... with pardons. Insane.

[Spurtacular]

Basically an organized crime family... and friends... with pardons. Insane.

Bidens have no pardon power at the current time.

[boutons_deux]

Basically an organized crime family... and friends... with pardons. Insane.

The oligarchy/Repugs are noting carefully how much Trash is violating without punishment, already strategizing what crimes they will commit when the control Congress, WH and SCOTUS

[Winehole23]

Sentence commuted for 1.3 billion dollar Medicaid fraudster Philip Esformes. Maybe this one is new member outreach for Mar-a-Lago.

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[Winehole23]

The White House statement released by the White House announcing the full pardons made no mention of the number of civilians killed — 14 — or the number of innocent people injured — 17 — in the shooting, or that it was found that the contractors started firing without provocation.



The four men had all been working under the private contracting company Blackwater, founded by Erik Prince, a wealthy American defense contractor and supporter of Trump's. His sister, Betsy DeVos, is the Trump administration's education secretary.https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/trump-blackwater-pardon-iraqi

[Winehole23]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ep7yybRW8AMK3Tp?format=jpg&name=900x900

[Winehole23]

shame on Trump, shame on us

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[Winehole23]

TW, gruesome details

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[Winehole23]

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[Spurminator]

Absolute unadulterated pieces of shit.

Trump is an asshole for pardoning them, but let's not forget the irredeemable and despicable people who lobbied to him on their behalf.

[Winehole23]

Absolute unadulterated pieces of shit.

Trump is an asshole for pardoning them, but let's not forget the irredeemable and despicable people who lobbied to him on their behalf.Erik Prince owes Trump a favor now.

[baseline bum]

Erik Prince owes Trump a favor now.

Blackwater can be the martial law force here next month?

[Winehole23]

Blackwater can be the martial law force here next month?Who knows? DJT will plot and scheme to the last.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academi

[Will Hunting]

Just now pardoned

Roger Stone
Paul Manafort
Jared Kushner’s dad, Charles

[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

swamp factor:

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/91/c8/92/91c8929c2bede04e5b621534a705ac5c.gif

[spurraider21]

its ok if its HIS swamp

"the swamp" was always just a euphemism for liberals/democrats who held positions in the administration

[Winehole23]

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[DMC]

Xe tbh

[Reck]

I almost want Hunter Biden to get indicted and charged and have his pops pardon him on the same day.

And then hear trumpies lose their shit on that one because.....reasons.

[Winehole23]

Xe tbhAcademi, please try to keep up.

[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

remarkable how many pardonees are personally connected to Trump

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[Millennial_Messiah]

Originally thought this thread was about Trump pardoning Culburn ("Thread"), tbh.


republicans have controlled the institutions for the last 4 years

come to terms

And Mitch is still going to lead the defense with a 52-48 come January

[spurraider21]

remarkable how many pardonees are personally connected to Trump

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it would be surprising if it weren't that way tbh

[Winehole23]

it would be surprising if it weren't that way tbhshould have blued it

[Winehole23]

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[Joseph Kony]

the two gay lovers not surprisingly avoiding this thread like the plague. disgusting pieces of shit

[Winehole23]

the two gay lovers not surprisingly avoiding this thread like the plague. disgusting pieces of shitall the MAGA fellow travelers are bunker'd down hard now.

CC
DMC
DarrinS
SnakeBoy
Dirks_Finale
ducks
koriwut
GAustex
rmt

...who am I leaving out?

[Winehole23]

Sasse could have done something to try to prevent this...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ep93XfWW4AAqcqP?format=jpg&name=900x900

[Winehole23]

mercy abounds for the rich and well-connected...

[ElNono]

Did he pardon a token black yet tbh?

[Winehole23]

not surprised, but damn

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[boutons_deux]

Sasse could have done something to try to prevent this...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ep93XfWW4AAqcqP?format=jpg&name=900x900


The Repug mafiya will probably primary him with $Ms for his opponent

[Winehole23]

The Repug mafiya will probably primary him with $Ms for his opponentGood riddance, tbh.

[Winehole23]

the magnanimity of a gangster

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[Winehole23]

Did he pardon a token black yet tbh?Back in August, Alice Johnson.

Isn't that enough, you ingrate?

[Winehole23]

Here's an honorable sort of "pardon"


A man in Alabama (https://abcnews.go.com/US/inside-nightmarish-world-alabama-prisons-dojs-attempt-fix/story?id=62146416) just had his sentence changed so that he’ll be getting out of prison in the next few days.
His crime: Stealing $50.75 from a bakery 36 years ago.

Alvin Kennard was 22 years old when he was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole back in 1984. Alabama state law at the time mandated that since it was his fourth offense, the judge had no other option than to sentence him to life in prison.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-spent-36-years-prison-stealing-50-bakery/story?id=65264675

[DMX7]

not surprised, but damn

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Not just the most corrupt president but one of the most corrupt people ever in Washington. And he has just begun to pardon people. He’s already made it clear his family and himself will be getting pardons if he feels like it.

[boutons_deux]

And Pootin's message:

"Dear World, behold how shitty and corrupt your adored Capitalist America has become, electing my personal puppet, a fraud, traitor, misogynist, grifter, thief, liar, not Christian, supported the Repug party, and corrupt SCOTUS, with 74M so-called Americans voting to re-elect him.

America's time is past, its decline is unstoppable and permanent.

The 21st century belongs to China and Russia."

[Will Hunting]

Little Ben Sasse, Romney, Collins, etc. always seem to limit their opposition of Trump to some combination of sternly worded, after-the-fact statements.

Ultimately, Republicans want their tax cuts, corporate welfare and deregulation above all else, and they were perfectly fine with using Trump as their vehicle for all of it no matter how much he parlayed the White House for his own personal gain. Nothing they say now changes that.

[pookenstein]

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[Splits]

Little Ben Sasse, Romney, Collins, etc. always seem to limit their opposition of Trump to some combination of sternly worded, after-the-fact statements.

Ultimately, Republicans want their tax cuts, corporate welfare and deregulation above all else, and they were perfectly fine with using Trump as their vehicle for all of it no matter how much he parlayed the White House for his own personal gain. Nothing they say now changes that.

And judges. Sasse and Romney voted for ACB despite the fact ballots had already been cast in the Presidential and it was the 2nd stole seat in 4 years.

Fuck their "moderates".

[Winehole23]

a lesser known person:


Mary Ballard McCarty

Former Palm Beach County commissioner Mary McCarty’s corruption crime is not in dispute. She resigned (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_McCarty#cite_note-3) shortly before pleading guilty to honest services fraud in 2009.

Born Mary Ballard, she is the sister of Brian Ballard, a top fundraiser for the outgoing president who has been described as the “Most Influential Lobbyist in Trump’s Washington (https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/04/02/most-powerful-lobbyist-in-trump-washington-217759).”

Ms. McCarty’s brother attained that title, in part, by being one of Trump’s most effective financial backers. On top of his personal six-figure donations to the president and his committees, Ballard bundled millions more through Trump Victory, a joint political action committee.

The White House notes that a Ballard lobbyist asked for McCarty’s pardon, though it does not disclose that affiliation outright.

“Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi and Christopher Ruddy are among those supportive of Ms. McCarty,” the release states.
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/here-are-the-questionable-trump-pardons-that-you-did-not-hear-about-last-night/

[Winehole23]

anniversary:

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[Will Hunting]

And judges. Sasse and Romney voted for ACB despite the fact ballots had already been cast in the Presidential and it was the 2nd stole seat in 4 years.

Fuck their "moderates".
Well yeah. When I say “corporate welfare” and “deregulation” that includes them wanting judges nominated who will deregulate from the bench in case congress isn’t able to.

[boutons_deux]

anniversary:

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... it was William Barr who got Pappy to pardon Iran-Contra criminals, which very probably included Pappy himself.

[boutons_deux]

antifa/BLM-murderer / Repug hero Rittenhouse to be pardoned?

[ChumpDumper]

antifa/BLM-murderer / Repug hero Rittenhouse to be pardoned?Not federal charges.

[Frenchfred]

the worst president in US history by far. I cannot understand how can republicans agree with those pardons; that shows how crooked they are. Perfect enemies of democracy.

[Winehole23]

the worst president in US history by far. I cannot understand how can republicans agree with those pardons; that shows how crooked they are. Perfect enemies of democracy.Trump is admired for his brazen contempt for the law, norms and the governed. He's a caudillo.

[boutons_deux]

the worst president in US history by far. I cannot understand how can republicans agree with those pardons; that shows how crooked they are. Perfect enemies of democracy.

10Ms, some not Repug, not even conservative, mostly losers, voted for Trash to blow shit up, insult democracy, the law, the elite with brazen, blatant lies, and above all, hurt all people who were not Male Christian Euro-Whites

Ms more voted for Trash to make them much more wealthy, to not raise taxes, and that voting paid off in $Ts.

Morality, ethics, the law, the Constitution, America, other Americans? they don't give the tiniest shit.

The Repug party, 100+ in the House, 17 State AGs, went along with Trash to annul the election and remain in authoritarian power.

America is so fucked and unfuckable.

[boutons_deux]

UN experts declare Trump violated international law with his pardons

Donald Trump, international war criminal.

The description seems so apt that it just rolls right off the tongue.

And while many may have described the deposed president thusly in the privacy of their minds or publicly on social media, now,

U.N. human rights experts are making that accusation as well

due to Trump’s pardon last week of four murderers of Iraqi civilians employed by Blackwater, the mercenary-for-hire company run by the brother of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, Eric Prince.

“Pardoning the Blackwater contractors is an affront to justice and to the victims of the Nisour Square massacre and their families,” said Aparac in a statement issued today.

“These pardons violate U.S. obligations under international law and

more broadly undermine humanitarian law and human rights at a global level,”

Under the United States’ obligations to the Geneva Convention, war criminals must be held accountable for their criminal actions, even if they are mercenary contractors rather than regular military personnel.

https://occupydemocrats.com/2020/12/30/un-experts-declare-trump-violated-international-law-with-his-pardons

Would be fantastic if the international community put out an Interpol wanted person hit on Trash, so he couldn't leave the USA for fear of begin arrested.

[Winehole23]

Trump loves crooked cops who abuse people for sport.


In the middle of the night on Sept. 21, 1995, a local Prince George’s County police burglary stakeout unit found two homeless men (https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/trump-pardons-former-prince-georges-police-officer/2020/12/23/041eb13e-4589-11eb-a277-49a6d1f9dff1_story.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_7) on the empty roof of a business, eating food they had found in the trash in Takoma Park, Md. Ordered down from the roof, Ricardo Mendez and his friend willingly climbed down. Lit by a police helicopter above and facing a brick wall, the two men were surrounded by police officers, some with guns drawn, and Mohr holding her German shepherd on a leash. Both men obeyed commands and stood facing the wall with their hands up.

It should have been over. It wasn’t.

A police sergeant later testified that he was approached by Mohr’s supervising officer who said (https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2001/03/13/officers-acts-shameful-prosecutor-says/1dd4ee11-abd5-43e1-8753-c8d6b64c14e0/?itid=lk_inline_manual_10), “Hey Sarge, we got a new dog. Mind if it gets a bite?” The sergeant gave consent, and Mohr set her dog to attack Mendez, an undocumented immigrant whose only crime was seeking a safe place to eat and sleep. Mohr testified that she was doing her job as trained, and the victim needed “only 10 stitches.”

Think about that: only 10 stitches. Mohr disregarded her training to give her dog a taste of flesh and blood.

This was no accident or split-second mistake. It was a willful and deliberate act of police brutality. It was also not Mohr’s first — and there was a pattern to the violence. Evidence at trial showed (https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2001/08/16/1-officer-guilty-1-acquitted-in-pr-georges-dog-attack/e119c2b8-287d-4784-acc3-7aa210c69658/?itid=lk_inline_manual_1&itid=lk_inline_manual_13) that Mohr had previously released her dog on a Black teenager sleeping in a hammock in his own backyard. She had threatened (https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/318/613/608372/) the relatives of a fugitive that she would let her dog attack their “black ass” if they did not tell her where he was. There were other incidents that the jury did not even learn about, including one in which Mohr put her dog into a trash dumpster to attack a man who had fled from police
https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2020/12/trumps-pardons-are-a-closing-tribute-to-fascism

[Winehole23]

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[DMC]

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You can tell he's so over it.

[RandomGuy]

You can tell he's so over it.

and your hero thinks these murderers are worth pardoning over... well everybody else.

What does that say about your hero?

[DMC]

and your hero thinks these murderers are worth pardoning over... well everybody else.

What does that say about your hero?

Moar narrative to help you sleep.

[Winehole23]

siccing his supporters on the US Congress was a really dumb move


Huddled for a lengthy meeting with his legal advisers, Trump was warned the pardons he once hoped to bestow upon his family and even himself (http://www.cnn.com/2021/01/19/politics/trump-pardons-commutations-list/index.html) would place him in a legally perilous position, convey the appearance of guilt and potentially make him more vulnerable to reprisals.


So, too, was Trump warned that pardons for Republican lawmakers who had sought them for their role in the Capitol insurrection (http://www.cnn.com/2021/01/06/politics/us-capitol-lockdown/index.html) would anger the very Senate Republicans who will determine his fate in an upcoming impeachment trial (http://www.cnn.com/2021/01/13/politics/house-vote-impeachment/index.html).


White House counsel Pat Cipollone and another attorney who represented Trump in his first impeachment trial, Eric Herschmann, offered the grave warnings as Trump, his daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner listened. Other lawyers joined by telephone. They all told Trump he should not pardon himself, his family or any GOP lawmakers in a prospective manner unless he was prepared to list specific crimes.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/19/politics/trump-self-pardon-warning/index.html

[Winehole23]

I thought the Capitol siege was all Antifa, why would Congressmen need pardons?


Trump warned that pardons for Republican lawmakers who had sought them for their role in the Capitol insurrection (https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/06/politics/us-capitol-lockdown/index.html) would anger the very Senate Republicans who will determine his fate in an upcoming impeachment trial (https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/13/politics/house-vote-impeachment/index.html).

[Winehole23]

sometime between now and 11:55AM tomorrow, Trump will pardon more people. Steve Bannon is rumored to be one. Another is Elliott Broidy.

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https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/elliott-broidy-pleads-guilty-back-channel-lobbying-campaign-drop-1mdb-investigation-and
https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=273901&highlight=broidy

[Reck]

Lil Weezy is among them too. Guy loves to bail out criminals.

[Winehole23]

Bannon egged on the mob from his 'War Room" near Capital Hill


Late at night on Jan. 5, the day before President Donald Trump was scheduled to deliver a defiant speech before thousands of his most dedicated supporters, his former adviser Steve Bannon was podcasting from his studio near Capitol Hill. He had been on the air several times a day for weeks, hyping the narrative that this was the moment that patriots could stand up and pull out a Trump win.


“It’s all converging, and now we’re on the point of attack tomorrow. It’s going to kick off, it’s going to be very dramatic,” Bannon said in his fluent patter, on a day that would see four of his “War Room” shows posted online, up from his usual two or three. “It’s going to be quite extraordinarily different. And all I can say is strap in. You have made this happen and tomorrow it’s game day.”


The next morning Bannon was back. “We’re right on the cusp of victory,” Bannon said, as protesters massed at the Ellipse to hear from Trump.


“This is not a day for fantasy, this is a day for maniacal focus. Focus, focus, focus,” Bannon went on. “It’s them against us. Who can impose their will on the other side.”


To the protesters massing in Washington, Bannon’s message was clear: They could force the outcome by pressuring Vice President Mike Pence and Congress not to certify the electoral vote.
https://www.propublica.org/article/twitter-and-youtube-banned-steve-bannon-apple-still-gives-him-millions-of-listeners

[Winehole23]

like a cat trying cover a turd

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[Reck]

Trump thought the media and even his own people were going to pay attention to him instead of the incoming president and the inauguration itself. Bad mistake. Not even his staffers want to be at this farewell tour.

[Winehole23]

tall constitutional weeds for me, maybe one of our resident legal minds can illuminate. is the guy who corrected Mueller's deputy correct?

ElNono (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=8054)
vy65 (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=11399)
spurraider21 (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=31905)
Will Hunting (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=17032)


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[Winehole23]

Trump thought the media and even his own people were going to pay attention to him instead of the incoming president and the inauguration itself. Bad mistake. Not even his staffers want to be at this farewell tour.The Shunning

[ElNono]

tall constitutional weeds for me, maybe one of our resident legal minds can illuminate. is the guy who corrected Mueller's deputy correct?

ElNono (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=8054)
vy65 (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=11399)
spurraider21 (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=31905)
Will Hunting (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=17032)


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Well, if I'm understanding correctly, Andrew is saying they could be compelled to testify as witnesses, not defendants. The defendant in this case would be Trump.

But, unless offered some sort of immunity, they could certainly plead the fifth, considering some items they might testify about might involve them.

It's complicated. You also have Executive Privilege, since Bannon was an adviser to the President.

[Winehole23]

by rumor again, nothing has been announced.


Former Detroit mayor, Kwame kilpatrick..Lil Wayne, Kodak Black

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[Winehole23]

fuck Joe Exotic, I need a professional haircut too.

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[Winehole23]

here it is, not sure if there's time for more

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/statement-press-secretary-regarding-executive-grants-clemency-012021/

[Winehole23]

unusual progression in the interest that justice be done.

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[Reck]

Didn’t see the tiger dude in there but lol at the explainer given on Bannon.

“Mr. Bannon has been an important leader in the conservative movement and is known for his political acumen.”

Nice reason for a pardon, eh?

[Reck]

fuck Joe Exotic, I need a professional haircut too.

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Looks like he just wasted good money he’s gonna need inside.

1351771675776442368 (https://twitter.com/peytonyager/status/1351771675776442368?s=21)

[ElNono]

Aviem Sella – President Trump granted a full pardon to Aviem Sella. Mr. Sella is an Israeli citizen who was indicted in 1986 for espionage in relation to the Jonathan Pollard case. Mr. Sella’s request for clemency is supported by the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer, the United States Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, and Miriam Adelson. The State of Israel has issued a full and unequivocal apology, and has requested the pardon in order to close this unfortunate chapter in U.S.-Israel relations.

what they say about this stuff... good goy?

[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

it's a point of guile to feign solidarity with people you're trying to screw.

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[Winehole23]

this is kind of wow

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[Adam Lambert]

I guess Glenn Greenwald is pissed that Assange/Snowden didn't get pardons so he's done semen shielding for Donald Trump?

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[Will Hunting]

I guess Glenn Greenwald is pissed that Assange/Snowden didn't get pardons so he's done semen shielding for Donald Trump?

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Yeah he’s really butthurt about Julie not getting a pardon.

I used to like Greenwald but he and Taibbi have turned into insufferable assholes.

[Winehole23]

Yeah he’s really butthurt about Julie not getting a pardon.

I used to like Greenwald but he and Taibbi have turned into insufferable assholes.Went around the bend with their anti-anti-Trump bit.

[Winehole23]

I guess Glenn Greenwald is pissed that Assange/Snowden didn't get pardons so he's done semen shielding for Donald Trump?

1351901705093472257Trump is no longer the most convenient club to bash establishment libs with. Trump's usefulness to a lot of people has diminished considerably in the last two weeks.

[DarrinS]

Yeah he’s really butthurt about Julie not getting a pardon.

I used to like Greenwald but he and Taibbi have turned into insufferable assholes.

Nah, they just didn't drink the Russiagate Koolaid

[monosylab1k]

Nah, they just didn't drink the Russiagate Koolaid

You, on the other hand, are definitely drinking the Mad Dog tonight.

[Ball Buster]

Nah, they just didn't drink the Russiagate Koolaid

Precisely.

[boutons_deux]

" ... Kiriakou. Given that collection of enemies, he thought a pardon from Donald Trump would be a slam dunk.

Little did he know of the pay-to-play rules governing the Trump pardon process.

Not the traditional legal process,

but one in which $50,000 was chump change and

a couple million for a pardon was just business as usual.

Kiriakou takes us deep inside the ugly process.

He reveals his meetings with Rudy Giuliani, Jared Kushner, and assorted lawyers and lobbyists.

He details how Fox News and Tucker Carlson played a role in his pardon process and

how broken the whole procedure was under Trump.

Clearly, the framers of our Constitution ... never envisioned multimillion-dollar shakedowns. "

https://whowhatwhy.org/2021/02/05/trumps-pardon-shakedown/

[Winehole23]

by contrast, the local DA puts judges and state pardon boards who show clemency in its crosshairs.

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[Winehole23]

local police and prosecutors as offficers of blood revenge.

interfering with official vengeance or mitigating its severity against bad men is treated like a crime in some parts.

[Winehole23]

what a coincidence


Two men convicted of multiple federal offenses stemming from a bribery plot during the 2012 Iowa Republican caucus received pardons from President Donald Trump late Wednesday.


John Tate and Jesse Benton were convicted in 2016 of various public corruption charges for paying an Iowa state senator to switch his endorsement to then-U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, during his 2012 presidential campaign, days before the first-in-the-nation nominating event. Sen. Kent Sorenson, an Indianola Republican, had been a supporter of U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2020/12/24/ex-ron-paul-iowa-aides-john-tate-jesse-benton-pardoned-trump-kent-sorenson/4038489001/

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[Winehole23]

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[RandomGuy]

1518944487636193287

Very, very apt observation.

[RandomGuy]

Feds seek $3M from Paul Manafort over failing to disclose offshore accounts
A civil lawsuit signals the Justice Department views penalties as not covered by President Donald Trump's pardon of his former adviser.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/28/paul-manafort-trump-lawsuit-00028717

When your crimey crimes are just to weasel-y for even a presidential pardon to fix. :rollin

[Winehole23]

what a coincidence

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2020/12/24/ex-ron-paul-iowa-aides-john-tate-jesse-benton-pardoned-trump-kent-sorenson/4038489001/

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https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/20/gop-operatives-charged-funneling-russian-money-trump-rnc-513219

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23878929-bentonordcadc071723

[Winehole23]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GWjU-ZiXAAIJhXO?format=jpg&name=900x900

[Winehole23]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GZ4R_ziWwAAb8rv?format=png&name=small

[Winehole23]

Ross Ulbricht, Silk Road soon to be ex-con

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-pardons-silk-road-founder-ulbricht-online-drug-scheme-2025-01-22/

[Blake]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GZ4R_ziWwAAb8rv?format=png&name=small

But the Trumptards live in fear of the boogeyman immigrants

[Winehole23]

IIRC, massive drugs trade and darkweb hitmen

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[ChumpDumper]

All illegal drugs good now.

[SnakeBoy]

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[ChumpDumper]

1881863992458821765Are you personally in favor of this pardon?

[Winehole23]

Snake Boy with no take, as usual

[Winehole23]

REPORTER: You would agree it's never acceptable to assault police officers?

TRUMP: Sure

REPORTER: Among those you pardoned is a guy who used a stun gun on a police officer. Why does he deserve a pardon?

TRUMP: Well, I don't know

[Winehole23]

Ross Ulbrich offed one of his own employees, Trump probably admires him for that

https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.5TRZHFvEKCLcqaW80-GOFwAAAA?w=202&h=287&c=7&r=0&o=5&dpr=1.5&pid=1.7

https://www.overdrive.com/media/2946615/american-kingpin

[Winehole23]

I guess pushing opiates and providing a safe harbor for CSAM and human trafficking cuts no ice with the MAGA crowd in Ross Ulbricht's case, it's entirely enough that he's a hero to Trump's billionaire buddies.

[ChumpDumper]

Come get ya boy:

Daniel Ball, one of the hundreds charged with violence on Jan. 6, 2021, aimed at police, was among the members of the mob whose charges were dismissed at the behest of President Donald Trump. Trump on Monday pardoned more than 1,000 people who stormed the Capitol that day and ordered the Justice Department to drop hundreds of pending cases.

Ball was being held in pretrial detention in Washington, D.C., because of what a magistrate judge described as “some of the most violent and serious offenses of any of the charges being brought against participants in the January 6 events.”


Among them, Ball is charged with hurling an “explosive device” into the packed Lower West Terrace tunnel of the Capitol, the scene of some of the most egregious violence against police that day.

“The explosion allegedly disoriented officers and caused hearing loss—which for some of the officers lasted months,” Magistrate Judge Robin Meriweather noted. “Defendant also allegedly threw a large piece of wood into the line of officers protecting the Capitol.”

Ball’s charges were dismissed by U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras on Tuesday after Trump’s directive.

But Ball’s charges for being a felon in possession of a firearm remained pending and unconnected to his Jan. 6 case. According to that indictment, Ball has previously been convicted of domestic violence battery by strangulation in June 2017, resisting law enforcement with violence and battery of a law enforcement officer in October 2021.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/22/trump-jan-6-defendant-gun-charge-005863

[koriwhat]

I guess pushing opiates and providing a safe harbor for CSAM and human trafficking cuts no ice with the MAGA crowd in Ross Ulbricht's case, it's entirely enough that he's a hero to Trump's billionaire buddies.

Lol he's a darling of the libertarian party of which trump promised to pardon if they helped get him in office. Promises made, promises kept; something regressives know nothing about.

[koriwhat]

What's it say about Biden pardoning murderers and pedophiles? :lmao

[Winehole23]

Lol he's a darling of the libertarian party of which trump promised to pardon if they helped get him in office. Promises made, promises kept; something regressives know nothing about.that's what I said, smarty pants

[koriwhat]

that's what I said, smarty pants

Now the tech bros are libertarians as they did whatever the authoritarian regressives asked of them? Lmao

[ChumpDumper]

They certainly are willing toadies for your Trump.

[Winehole23]

lol kw super-vehemently agreeing

[koriwhat]

lol kw super-vehemently agreeing

Not agreeing in the least. They're truly opportunistic regressive scum who only care about lining their pockets. They're far from libertarians but close enough now seeing how that party, and its mentally ill candidate, more resemble the shit regressive left.

[SnakeBoy]

President Donald Trump will pardon pro-life activists imprisoned by the Biden Justice Department within days, The Daily Wire has learned.

[ChumpDumper]

President Donald Trump will pardon pro-life activists imprisoned by the Biden Justice Department within days, The Daily Wire has learned.What were their crimes?

[Thread]

President Donald Trump will pardon pro-life activists imprisoned by the Biden Justice Department within days, The Daily Wire has learned.

Thank Christ.

[Winehole23]

giving cops concussions is just the price of freedom, go free my children


During the first prime time hearing of the House Select Committee on Jan. 6, U.S. Capitol Police Offer Caroline Edwards testified that she had sustained a concussion (https://www.npr.org/2022/06/09/1104095062/capitol-police-officer-jan-6-recalls-chaos-carnage) and was knocked unconscious during the riot. Her words and an accompanying video of this violent TBI (https://biausa.org/brain-injury/community/concussionstorywall), as well as her resolve to continue fighting after it happened, were no doubt part of the reason she was chosen to testify.

https://biausa.org/public-affairs/public-awareness/news/brain-injury-in-the-news-june-15-2022

[Winehole23]

~140 cops were hospitalized that day

[Winehole23]

Donald Trump Pardoned The People Who Tried To Kill Me (https://harrydunn.substack.com/p/donald-trump-pardoned-the-people)

[Winehole23]

the FOP is the biggest police union in the country


The IACP and FOP are deeply discouraged by the recent pardons and commutations granted by both the Biden and Trump administrations to individuals convicted of killing or assaulting law enforcement officers. The IACP and FOP firmly believe that those convicted of such crimes should serve their full sentences. Crimes against law enforcement are not just attacks on individuals or public safety — they are attacks on society and undermine the rule of law. Allowing those convicted of these crimes to be released early diminishes accountability and devalues the sacrifices made by courageous law enforcement officers and their families.

"When perpetrators of crimes, especially serious crimes, are not held fully accountable, it sends a dangerous message that the consequences for attacking law enforcement are not severe, potentially emboldening others to commit similar acts of violence."
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-jan6-pardons-fraternal-order-police-union-2018836

[Winehole23]

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https://www.lpm.org/news/2025-01-22/kentuckians-convicted-of-jan-6-capitol-violence-pardoned-by-trump

[Winehole23]

there are release conditions


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[Winehole23]

Trumplandia pardoned this guy only to rearrest him on federal gun charges a week later


A day after his Jan. 6 case was dismissed, Daniel BALL was arrested for pending federal gun charges — the first arrest initiated by the Trump-led Washington Field Office..

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[Blake]

Donald Trump Pardoned The People Who Tried To Kill Me (https://harrydunn.substack.com/p/donald-trump-pardoned-the-people)

Just moar delicious lib tears

[Thread]

Just moar delicious lib tears

Let us proceed...

[z0sa]

:lol Trumptards
:lol party of felons, convicts and Nazis
:lol you're a Nazi
:lol anti-education
:lol can't think even one step ahead

[Thread]

:lol Trumptards
:lol party of felons, convicts and Nazis
:lol you're a Nazi
:lol anti-education
:lol can't think even one step ahead

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/raw/p0kl23fr.jpg?v=9

[Winehole23]

"for my friends, everything"


President Donald Trump (https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump) is expected to pardon former Illinois (https://www.axios.com/local/chicago) Gov. Rod Blagojevich, according to a person familiar with the plans.


Blagojevich served eight years in prison on charges stemming from his effort to sell Barack Obama's Senate seat after Obama won the 2008 presidential election, until Trump commuted his 14-year sentence in 2020.


Why it matters: Trump and Blagojevich have a relationship dating back to 2010, when the former governor appeared on the Trump-hosted "Celebrity Apprentice" after being impeached and removed from office.



Blagojevich, who was a Democrat while in office, supported Trump in the 2024 election and attended the Republican National Convention.
The former governor defended Trump (https://www.axios.com/2022/08/09/trump-fbi-raid-cuomo-manafort-blagojevich) after Trump was indicted in the New York hush money case and likened Trump's legal problems to his own.
"I love Trump more today than ever!" Blagojevich said on social media (https://www.nbcchicago.com/2024-rnc-republican-national-convention-milwaukee/rod-blagojevich-attends-rnc-to-show-support-for-donald-trump/3493235/)at the time. "When you've lived through it yourself you recognize when they do it to someone else."

https://www.axios.com/2025/02/10/trump-pardon-rod-blagojevich

[Thread]

"for my friends, everything"

https://www.axios.com/2025/02/10/trump-pardon-rod-blagojevich

You ain't seen nothin' yet, son.

[Winehole23]

https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j5fbnzh57rn7xz65yjc36gxb/bafkreicl3nk5ev5z6xn5cavsssjypftouwi4hblucfsycji42 syhox4nmi@jpeghttps://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/jan-6-released-aftermath-7e8a57a4

[Winehole23]

Trump straight up selling pardons now


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[Winehole23]

home cooking


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[Thread]

Trump straight up selling pardons now


https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:x6ldd7phtshkzcc2zulk6swi/bafkreien5zwtlprdpl4thzecq3efpo7xsn6o36cxxhbu2cg6x cwj7j3ice@jpeg


home cooking


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Absolutely!!!

[Winehole23]

https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:k7wfpfm3ava6krd3esmcwavs/bafkreih2slx6nnddslf2rbwfeg4wmdsyqtrcuojeyjwvvmxzm hu72vglau@jpeg

[Thread]

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Amen.

The Magic Negro, followed by Biden corrupted the Justice Department..."Just for a little while so we can get our evens, then we'll put it back where it was." Uh, uh.

Now, it will never be the same. That's what happens when you fuck with these things, Winester.

The F.B.I. is worthless now. The ATF is worthless now. It's gone. They're gone.

Trump shoved his people in there, but the D's people are deeper in there, hiding, waiting their time again.

Shit, Winester: we got nothin' on Russia.

[Winehole23]

oh no, not another one

right before he was about to surrender


Trump commutes sentence of Ozy Media exec Carlos Watson before start of decade prison term in fraud case, AP source says.

[Winehole23]

Trump seems to be getting into the pardon business

[Winehole23]

collecting CEOs -- other bosses

[Thread]

Trump seems to be getting into the pardon business

I got no problem with it. I'd empty out the prisons by pardoning as many non-violent convicts as I could muster. "You're out---get a job!"

[Winehole23]

Milton was a serious beneficiary of Trump's 2020 super dole


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[Winehole23]

I got no problem with it. I'd empty out the prisons by pardoning as many non-violent convicts as I could muster. "You're out---get a job!"I've got a problem with US officials selling official acts -- it's called corruption.

Apparently you can't even see it, the ends always justify the means.

[Thread]

I've got a problem with US officials selling official acts -- it's called corruption.

Apparently you can't even see it, the ends always justify the means.

Yes. You did this to yourselves and this country. You know the story, Winester. You wouldn't let him serve his first term in peace and harmony. You figured you'd tear the country up and apart in the rapt belief that he'd cut and run, or get impeached AND convicted. Then you'd put the country back into apple pie order and continue as before.

The problem was and remains...he knew what you were up to, and made a sworn promise to himself that he'd never give in, or, give up. That he would seek and execute retribution on his enemies on a plain above that to which he had been maligned so that there'd be no doubt as of his intentions and to those that had wronged him and tried to murder him.

And of course it's a legacy vow...to his children, to "me" wherever "we" dwell. He called. We heard. Let us proceed...

[Winehole23]

"for my enemies, the law; for my friends, everything"

guy did 2 weeks in the stir for campaign finance shenanigans


https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5o6k7jvowuyaquloafzn3cfw/bafkreieo6ghzd2w3ox65z7344lk6zul2qkvlohgsz4aiqby3q 3rqkvw72i@jpeg




Kelsey, R-Germantown, pleaded guilty to illegally shuffling money from his state campaign account through several political action committees to pay the American Conservative Union for political advertising spots benefiting his failed 2016 congressional campaign.

[Thread]

"for my enemies, the law; for my friends, everything"

guy did 2 weeks in the stir for campaign finance shenanigans


https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5o6k7jvowuyaquloafzn3cfw/bafkreieo6ghzd2w3ox65z7344lk6zul2qkvlohgsz4aiqby3q 3rqkvw72i@jpeg

Biden & the Magic Negro showed Trump the pardon ropes, as they did the EO ropes and now that outsider is taking full advantage of these rights. I would as well. If it moved I'd EO it. If it was convicted and I didn't like that conviction I'd pardon it. It'd take better aim to stop me. That's the only way.

[SnakeBoy]

Ol Joe set the standard

Can't wait for Elon's blanket pardon going back to 2014

[ChumpDumper]

Ol Joe set the standard

Can't wait for Elon's blanket pardon going back to 2014

What felonies do you say he committed?

You set the standard.

[Winehole23]

Pardoning fly by night crypto companies now

Crypto is one of the new Trump family businesses


On Friday, Trump issued (https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-pardoned-bitmex-co-founders-white-house-official-says-2025-03-28/) full and unconditional pardons to four individuals and a related cryptocurrency exchange, BitMEX.


BitMEX solicits and takes orders for trades in derivatives tied to the value of cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin. Last summer, BitMEX entered a guilty plea (https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/global-cryptocurrency-exchange-bitmex-pleads-guilty-bank-secrecy-act-offense) in a Manhattan federal court for violating the Bank Secrecy Act for having operated without a legitimate anti-money laundering program. Prior to August 2020, customers could register to trade with BitMEX anonymously, providing only verified email addresses.



According to (https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/global-cryptocurrency-exchange-bitmex-pleads-guilty-bank-secrecy-act-offense) Damian Williams, then-U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, “BitMEX opened itself up as a vehicle for large-scale money laundering and sanctions evasion schemes, posing a serious threat to the integrity of the financial system” by allowing financial institutes to be “exploited for illicit purposes (https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/global-cryptocurrency-exchange-bitmex-fined-100-million-violating-bank-secrecy-act)” in order to obtain “revenue through the U.S. market without regard to U.S. criminal laws.” In 2022, co-founders Benjamin Delo, Arthur Hayes and Samuel Reed, and a former employee, Gregory Dwyer (https://complianceconcourse.willkie.com/articles/news-alerts-2022-11-november-20221122-fourth-bitmex-executive-sentenced-af/), also pleaded guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act.https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/5224229-trump-makes-history-by-pardoning-a-corporation/

[Winehole23]

Trump panned cryptocurrency as a “scam” in 2021 (https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/30/the-trump-family-is-cashing-in-on-crypto-its-creating-problems-in-congress-00255718), but he has since created (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/technology/trump-crypto-stablecoin.html) his own crypto firm, World Liberty Financial, with his eldest sons. Last week, the firm announced it would be introducing a new coin (its fourth), which will be known as “USD1.”


So far, Trump’s crypto companies have reportedly sold $550 million in coins, with a business entity tied to the president getting 75 percent of sales. That’s not including the memecoins that he and Melania Trump both launched before his inauguration. As of Feb. 11, the memecoin $TRUMP had plunged in value, but had generated $100 million in fees reportedly owed to an entity associated with Trump.

[Winehole23]

The historical reasons for pardons have no bearing on corporations, either. The “prerogative of mercy (https://www.whitehousehistory.org/the-history-of-the-pardon-power)” underlying the presidential pardon dates back to English history, when the king would issue pardons (https://www.medievalists.net/2014/12/kings-courts-kings-soul-pardoning-almsgiving-medieval-england/) to people too poor to pay criminal fines or who faced the death penalty for low-level crimes or despite their innocence. Corporations, by contrast, cannot go to jail and or be physically executed. Pardoning a corporation does not satisfy the “amnesty” rationale for pardons, either — which aim to heal the country after a national crisis — as with President Jimmy Carter’s pardon (https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/21/president-carter-pardons-draft-dodgers-jan-21-1977-346493) of Vietnam War draft dodgers.

(https://thehill.com/submitting-opinion-content/)The BitMEX pardon sends a different message: Companies involved in financial crimes don’t have to worry about accountability under this president, as least when it comes to crypto, for reasons that he has no incentive to ever make known. BitMEX can continue its prior criminal practices with federal impunity, and maybe even rely on the pardon to thwart future investigations into related conduct by federal lawmakers or state prosecutors.

[koriwhat]

I still don't see you leftists upset over Biden pardoning a CCP pedophile. I wonder why that is? Yall got skeletons in those closets of yalls?

[ChumpDumper]

I still don't see you leftists upset over Biden pardoning a CCP pedophile. I wonder why that is? Yall got skeletons in those closets of yalls?

That was a prisoner exchange.

Why are you so fucking stupid?

[Winehole23]

game recognizes game



President Donald Trump has issued a full and unconditional pardon for a former Las Vegas City Councilwoman just weeks before she was scheduled for sentencing on multiple federal fraud convictions.

Michele Fiore was convicted in October of last year of six counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
A federal jury found that Fiore solicited donations she said would go toward a memorial statue honoring slain Las Vegas (https://www.mediaite.com/tag/las-vegas/) police officers but used the funds for, among other things, plastic surgery.

Fiore also used the donation funds to pay for her basic living expenses and to fund her daughter’s wedding, according to (https://www.8newsnow.com/investigators/trump-pardons-ex-las-vegas-councilwoman-michele-fiore-after-fraud-conviction/) KLAS-TV.
The pardon, which was signed on Wednesday, was revealed in a court filing shortly after she announced it in a Facebook post on Thursday.
https://www.mediaite.com/trump/trump-pardons-disgraced-politician-who-used-money-raised-for-slain-police-officers-to-pay-for-plastic-surgery/

[Thread]

game recognizes game


https://www.mediaite.com/trump/trump-pardons-disgraced-politician-who-used-money-raised-for-slain-police-officers-to-pay-for-plastic-surgery/

Excellent.

[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

Pardons the guilty, throws the innocent into a slavery gulag

[Winehole23]

https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tm3djotsgwdkml5jn5rpubhd/bafkreibvspjcznsaxbrtlzq2dk2pup4br2qp6lmr53baccj5p e5sle4mqy@jpeg

[Winehole23]

former members of Congress who did crimes, pardoned by Trump



https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:haw3ukxfc5ppinj2rhd5gcoa/bafkreih7z32zrnwtggylbyyumh32i4bkyupjiirtteorgxbgv 7zs6i5d2m@jpeg

[Winehole23]

The BOP has never had a formerly incarcerated inmate work as an employee at any level, according to a senior bureau official.

“Josh brings to this role something our agency has never had before at this level, a perspective shaped by lived experience, proven innovation and national impact,” Director William K. Marshall III said in a memo to staff Thursday.

“His firsthand understanding of our facilities — of the tension, the risk and the importance of trust — makes him uniquely positioned to advocate for the resources and reforms front-line staff need to do their jobs safely and effectively,” added Marshall, a former prison commissioner in West Virginia whom Trump selected as BOP director (https://www.wsaz.com/2025/04/11/president-trump-taps-director-wva-division-corrections-rehabilitation-next-leader-federal-bureau-prisons/) in April.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/former-federal-inmate-pardoned-trump-tapped-bureau-prisons-deputy-dire-rcna211396

[Winehole23]

lol hug a thug Trumplandia

[Winehole23]

lol hug a thug Trumplandiathe fish rots from the thug down

[Winehole23]

https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cvqbabkihmvrxv7beptfjych/bafkreic6npkvvgcskxja4waavkshkn2c2e4adkkmhwcfqqgoe tz6dkc7nu@jpeg

https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cvqbabkihmvrxv7beptfjych/bafkreifyluubveajfwsq4peal3a3mfso7lcdqbaa22p6blovh 7lshpcqdm@jpeghttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/nyregion/jonathan-braun-trump.html

[ChumpDumper]

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/nyregion/jonathan-braun-trump.html

:lol Wow this guy is a piece of shit.

Fifth arrest and potential return to prison: In April 2025, Mr. Braun was arrested for a fifth time since his sentence was commuted. This led to a judge ordering his detention and overseeing a revocation hearing to determine if he violated the terms of his commutation and should be sent back to federal prison.

Previous arrests and charges: Before his fifth arrest, Braun had been arrested multiple times. These arrests reportedly involved allegations of:

Assaulting his wife and elderly father-in-law.

Groping a nanny.

Menacing health-care workers with an IV pole at a hospital.

Petty larceny.

Assaulting an acquaintance and his 3-year-old child.

Loan sharking and FTC action: After getting out of prison, Braun was banned from the cash-advance business by a New York state judge. In 2024, a federal judge ordered him to pay a $20 million fine in a suit brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for predatory lending practices. The FTC accused his loan company of illegally withdrawing money from customers' accounts and sometimes threatening physical violence to coerce payments.

Context of clemency: Mr. Braun's sentence was commuted after his family used a connection with Charles Kushner, father of Jared Kushner, to bring the matter before Mr. Trump. This situation, as highlighted in news reports, drew attention to the process of granting clemency during the Trump administration and concerns about the vetting of criminal histories.

No wonder Trump liked this guy.

[Winehole23]

this thread is radioactive

tactical silence

(overthrow of the USA in progress)

[Winehole23]

I love how this thread of Trump pardoning straight criminals and reprobates

is radioactive

[Winehole23]

zero defense by MAGAs

[Winehole23]

and to those who say

isn't that always the way

the rate of recidivism is concerning

[Blake]

I love how this thread of Trump pardoning straight criminals and reprobates

is radioactive

"DEPORT THE BAD CRIMINALS!!!!"

(*)

[Winehole23]

Pardoned J6er gets life sentence for plotting murder and mayhem against federal employees


A federal judge sentenced a January 6 rioter to life in prison Wednesday for plotting to assassinate the federal agents who’d investigated him.


U.S. District Judge Thomas Varlan ordered (https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.tned.107879/gov.uscourts.tned.107879.138.0.pdf) 36-year-old Edward Kelley to spend the rest of his life behind bars, after Kelley was convicted (https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/tennessee-man-sentenced-life-prison-conspiring-murder-law-enforcement-and-attack-fbi-office) on the charges of conspiracy to murder federal employees, solicitation to commit a crime of violence, and influencing a federal official by threat.


Kelley received (https://www.wbir.com/article/news/crime/maryville-man-sentenced-for-plotting-to-kill-fbi-agents-investigating-his-involvement-in-jan-6/51-a6d8625c-7433-475b-b3e4-9723c6bd6cb6) his sentencing in front of more than a dozen of the targets on his “kill list,” which had specifically taken aim at individuals working at the FBI’s headquarters in Knoxville, Tennessee. Prosecutors said that Kelley had created the list while awaiting trial in his insurrection case, and that he had attempted to recruit others to help him target the office with car bombs and drones, or attack individuals at their homes or public places.


Kelley was previously convicted in November 2024 of multiple felonies and misdemeanors related to his participation in the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, where he pushed a police officer to the ground before being one of the first rioters to break into the building.
https://newrepublic.com/post/197566/donald-trump-january-6-pardon-life-sentence-fbi

[ChumpDumper]

Pardoned J6er gets life sentence for plotting murder and mayhem against federal employees

https://newrepublic.com/post/197566/donald-trump-january-6-pardon-life-sentence-fbi

Another Walz sleeper agent!

[Winehole23]

man, Trump sure can pick em



https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:56wwhpdhpmk44untnrq4w5wl/bafkreiakrhazvjyg3w5dg4kiufurbqnvzs2jgrz4ouecuhrcm msclcitzy@jpeg

[Spurs Homer]

ghislane maxwell...

which is more likely...

A) dies unexpectedly

B) pardoned

[Winehole23]

Kyle Colton CSAM conviction makes him the fourth kiddie sex criminal Trump has pardoned

Pretty sure that's gotta be a record

[Winehole23]

no one has done more to coax and tend political violence in the US than Donald J. Trump

pardoning j6 rioters en masse is just one example


Court documents obtained by CBS News said Christopher Moynihan was arrested Sunday after saying in text messages that he planned to "eliminate" Jeffries when the top House Democrat spoke at an event in New York City on Mondayhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/pardoned-capitol-rioter-charged-threatening-hakeem-jeffries-nyc-trump/

[Winehole23]

Trump goes to bat for rich crooks, leaving victims holding the bag


Milton, who was estimated by Forbes to be worth $1.1 billion in 2021, was convicted of defrauding investors, and the U.S. Department of Justice wanted to secure over $660 million in restitution for his victims. But Trump’s pardon wiped out that monumental sum. And this week, the SEC dropped any chance of the government recouping money from civil penalties. It’s unclear how much money the SEC may have been pursuing from Milton.hhttps://gizmodo.com/trump-pardoned-him-now-he-wont-have-to-pay-back-660-million-2000661542

[Winehole23]

attacked Capitol Police with bear spray and a metal whip


Andrew Taake (https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/crime/article/andrew-taake-jan-6-wanted-solicitation-20051863.php), who was convicted and later pardoned for his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection in Washington D.C., pleaded guilty Tuesday to online solicitation of a minor — a Harris County case from 2016 (https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/crime/article/andrew-taake-millon-dollar-bond-rejected-20159226.php) — in exchange for three years imprisonment.

However, plea paperwork shows Taake, 37, will not serve any of that prison sentence as he spent more than three years in federal lockup for storming the U.S. Capitol in 2021 with a mob of people intent on disrupting the certification of Joe Biden's election as president. A woman who encountered him on the Bumble dating app (https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/crime/article/houston-bumble-insurrection-pleads-guilty-18566559.php) — and who he bragged to about his involvement — reported him to the FBI.

Taake was convicted for his role in attacking police officers with bear spray and a metal whip, according to federal officials.

Taake is entitled to credit for time served in the federal and county case.

The plea agreement requires Taake to register as a sex offender for the next 10 years. He was accused of sending explicit messages and photos to an undercover police officer posing as a 15-year-old on the Plenty of Fish dating website.

ttps://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/crime/article/andrew-taake-plea-deal-online-solicitation-21075679.php

[Winehole23]

Crypto founder buys a pardon



President Trump has pardoned Changpeng Zhao, the convicted founder of the crypto exchange Binance, according to people familiar with the matter, following months of efforts by Zhao to boost the Trump family’s own crypto company.

The president signed the pardon on Wednesday, the people said. Trump recently indicated to advisers that he was sympathetic to arguments of political persecution related to Zhao and others, one of the people said.
https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/trump-pardons-convicted-binance-founder-7509bd63

[Winehole23]

World Liberty has generated significantly more income for the Trump family in the past year than their property portfolio ever has annually.

[Winehole23]

I think Trump has trouble hearing people, he seems to have trouble understanding questions from the press


COLLINS: Today you pardoned the founded of Binance. Can you explain why you did that?

TRUMP: Which one was that?

COLLINS: The founder of Binance

TRUMP: I believe we're talking about the same person, because I do pardon a lot of people. I don't know. He was recommended by a lot of people.

[Winehole23]

or maybe he knows he's covering up a crime

[Winehole23]

Trump can't pardon himself for accepting a bribe, but maybe JD Vance can

[Winehole23]

Camp Auschwitz guy arrested for animal attack

Apparently he runs a pack of vicious dogs

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The Jan. 6 rioter seen in photos wearing a "Camp Auschwitz" hoodie inside the U.S. Capitol building has been arrested in Virginia on charges stemming from a dog attack.


Robert Keith Packer, 60, was arrested on Thursday "following an investigation into an animal-related incident" that had occurred on Monday in Newport News, a city spokesperson said.



https://i.abcnewsfe.com/a/a317227f-b1b6-4a22-8a4a-9550b44740f3/robert-keith-packer-main-ht-jt-250905_1757098874050_hpMain_4x3.jpg

The booking photo for Robert Keith Packer.
City of Newport News




Packer was charged with one count of animal attack resulting from owner's disregard for human life, a felony, the spokesperson said. He was also charged with attacking while at large and no city license, both misdemeanors.


Civil charges have also been filed against Packer, including dogs running in a pack and vicious dog, the spokesperson said.
Police told Newport News ABC affiliate WVEC (https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/mycity/newport-news/i-was-scared-for-my-life-neighbors-recount-newport-news-dog-attack-that-sent-4-to-hospital/291-01a70302-0c23-426d-a791-1c852b7305cf) that four people were taken to the hospital with dog bites stemming from the attack.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/jan-6-rioter-wore-camp-auschwitz-hoodie-arrested/story?id=125302629

[Winehole23]

more J6 recidivism, with a weaponization of justice twist


Too many of the Jan. 6 rioters who received pardons from Donald Trump have had subsequent run-ins with the law (https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/pardoned-jan-6-rioter-charged-threatening-hakeem-jeffries-adding-patte-rcna238891) since receiving presidential clemency, but Taylor Taranto is an especially unsettling example of the phenomenon.


Two years after joining the insurrectionist mob in January 2021, Taranto was arrested again after he showed up with firearms near Barack Obama’s home. As NBC News reported (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/former-jan-6-defendant-taylor-taranto-obama-house-convicted-gun-rcna207980), investigators said they found two guns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition in Taranto’s van, along with a machete, when he was arrested. Prosecutors alleged that Taranto repeatedly said he was trying to get a “shot” and that he wanted to get a “good angle on a shot.”



Trump’s pardon of Taranto’s Jan. 6 crimes had nothing to do with these unrelated charges, and in May, Taranto was convicted of illegal possession of guns and ammunition.


In theory, the focus was then supposed to shift to sentencing. In practice, the focus has instead shifted to the prosecutors in the case


The federal prosecutors, Carlos Valdivia and Samuel White, asked a federal judge to sentence Taranto to 27 months in prison. That, in and of itself, is unremarkable.


What proved far more significant was how the prosecutors asked for the sentence. In their legal filing, they said Taranto had been among the “mob of rioters” on Jan. 6. They also briefly noted that, after the assault on the Capitol, Taranto “returned to his home in the State of Washington, where he promoted conspiracy theories about the events of January 6, 2021.”


As MSNBC reported (https://bsky.app/profile/msnbc.com/post/3m4dofrhrkc2f), after using phrasing about Jan. 6 that the president and his operation don’t approve of, the Trump Justice Department not only put Valdivia and White on leave, but it also locked the line prosecutors out of devices and escorted them out of the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/doj-put-prosecutors-leave-described-jan-6-ways-trump-doesnt-rcna240600

[Winehole23]

Trump-appointed judge praises the prosecutors Trump sidelined for accurately describing J6




Two federal prosecutors whom the Justice Department abruptly placed on leave Wednesday appeared at a sentencing hearing for Taylor Taranto, a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who was convicted on separate charges for unrelated threats and firearm crimes. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Carlos Valdivia and Samuel White were placed on leave hours after (https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/29/jan-6-prosecutors-case-leave-00627086) describing Jan. 6 in a sentencing memo as an attack by “thousands of people comprising a mob of rioters.”

The pair looked on from the gallery as the chief of the criminal section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in D.C., Jonathan Hornok, and another prosecutor, Travis Wolf, took their places.



Near the outset of the hourlong sentencing hearing for Taranto, U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols offered an unusual tribute to the recently suspended prosecutors, who were joined by several colleagues offering support.

Nichols, a Trump appointee, did not press Hornok or Wolf on the reason for the last-minute shake-up. However, the judge praised the lawyers who were shunted aside, saying they had “upheld the highest standards of professionalism.”

“In my view, both Mr. Valdivia and Mr. White did a truly excellent job in this case,” the judge added.

It’s still not clear exactly what led to the ouster of Valdivia and White, but it appears to stem from language in a 14-page brief (https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26208279-tarantosentmem102825/) they submitted Tuesday. It offered a brief but graphic description of the events of Jan. 6, noting how “a mob of rioters” attacked the Capitol to dispute the results of the 2020 presidential election.


https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/30/sentencing-memo-january-6-attack-00631013

[Winehole23]

Kyle Colton CSAM conviction makes him the fourth kiddie sex criminal Trump has pardoned

Pretty sure that's gotta be a record

[Winehole23]

I guess pushing opiates and providing a safe harbor for CSAM and human trafficking cuts no ice with the MAGA crowd in Ross Ulbricht's case, it's entirely enough that he's a hero to Trump's billionaire buddies.

[Winehole23]

2020 post


not surprised, but damn

1341912013006491648

[Winehole23]

1341906055991685120

[Winehole23]

Judge balked at the abrupt removal of the filing already received; he did not authorize the removal of the document from his court.


“Not entirely clear to me how that first brief was sealed,” Nichols said Thursday, noting that he had not authorized its removal. The judge said he’d read both prosecution briefs and that if prosecutors want to keep the initial sentencing memo under wraps they will need to file a motion to seal it or strike it. “It’s going to have to justify that,” the judge warned.

[Winehole23]

Crypto founder buys a pardon

https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/trump-pardons-convicted-binance-founder-7509bd63From today's 60 Minutes interview


NORAH O'DONNELL: This is a question about pardons. The Trump family is now perhaps more associated with cryptocurrency than real estate. You and your son-- your sons, Don Jr. and Eric, have formed World Liberty Financial with the Witkoff family.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Right.

NORAH O'DONNELL: Helping to make your family millions of dollars. It's in that context that I do wanna ask you about crypto's richest man, a billionaire known as C.Z. He pled guilty in 2023 to violating anti-money laundering laws.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Right.

NORAH O'DONNELL: Looked at this, the government at the time said that C.Z. had caused "significant harm to U.S. national security", essentially by allowing terrorist groups like Hamas to move millions of dollars around. Why did you pardon him?

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Okay, are you ready? I don't know who he is. I know he got a four-month sentence or something like that. And I heard it was a Biden witch hunt. And what I wanna do is see crypto, 'cause if we don't do it it's gonna go to China, it's gonna go to-- this is no different to me than AI.

My sons are involved in crypto much more than I-- me. I-- I know very little about it, other than one thing. It's a huge industry. And if we're not gonna be the head of it, China, Japan, or someplace else is. So I am behind it 100%. This man was, in my opinion, from what I was told, this is, you know, a four-month sentence.

But this man was treated really badly by the Biden administration. And he was given a jail term. He's highly respected. He's a very successful guy. They sent him to jail and they really set him up. That's my opinion. I was told about it.

I said, "Eh, it may look bad if I do it. I have to do the right thing." I don't know the man at all. I don't think I ever met him. Maybe I did. Or, you know, somebody shook my hand or something. But I don't think I ever met him. I have no idea who he is. I was told that he was a victim, just like I was and just like many other people, of a vicious, horrible group of people in the Biden administration.

NORAH O'DONNELL: The government had accused him of "significant harm to U.S. national security"--

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: That's the Biden government.

NORAH O'DONNELL: Okay. Allowing U.S. terrorist groups to, you know, essentially move millions of dollars around. He pled guilty to anti-money laundering laws. That was in 2023. Then in 2025 his crypto exchange, Binance, helped facilitate a $2 billion purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And then you pardoned C.Z. How do you address the appearance of pay for play?

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Well, here's the thing, I know nothing about it because I'm too busy doing the other--

NORAH O'DONNELL: But he got a pardon--

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I can only tell you that--

NORAH O'DONNELL: He got a pardon--

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Norah, I can only tell you this. My sons are into it. I'm glad they are, because it's probably a great industry, crypto. I think it's good. You know, they're running a business, they're not in government. And they're good-- my one son is a number one bestseller now.

My wife just had a number one bestseller. I'm proud of them for doing that. I'm focused on this. I know nothing about the guy, other than I hear he was a victim of weaponization by government. When you say the government, you're talking about the Biden government.

It's a corrupt government. Biden was the most corrupt president and he was the worst president we've ever had. I only care about one thing. Will crypto be-- will we be number one in crypto? Crypto has turned out, and in that sense I've been right.
Crypto's turned out to be a massive industry, if you wanna call it that. And I'm very proud to say that we are far and away ahead of China and everybody else. Now, China is getting into it very big, right now. If you wanna go after people, you're gonna kill that industry.

And it'll be very bad. Tremendous number of jobs. I campaigned positively on crypto, very openly. I campaigned. Biden campaigned against it. When Biden found out that I was getting, like, 100% of the crypto vote, which was a lot, he switched totally and he went in favor of crypto.

They were totally in favor. They had many people under indictment. They let 'em all go. They let 'em all go. You know that. Many people were under indictment. Biden was a corrupt president. Biden went all in on crypto at the very end because he thought he could get some votes.

It didn't work. They voted for me. I wanna make crypto great for America. That's the only thing. I don't wanna have somebody else have crypto and have China be number one in the world in crypto. Because in crypto it's a kind of an industry where basically you're going to have number one and you're not gonna have a number two. And right now we're number one by a long shot. I wanna keep it that way. The same way we're number one with AI, we're number one with crypto. And I wanna keep it that way.

NORAH O'DONNELL: So not concerned about the appearance of corruption with this?

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I can't say, because-- I can't say-- I'm not concerned. I don't-- I'd rather not have you ask the question. But I let you ask it. You just came to me and you said, "Can I ask another question?" And I said, yeah. This is the question--

NORAH O'DONNELL: And you answered--

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I don't mind. Did I let you do it? I coulda walked away. I didn't have to answer this question. I'm proud to answer the question. You know why? We've taken crypto--

NORAH O'DONNELL: But just generally speak--

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Excuse me. We're number one in crypto in the whole world. Other people wanna be. They're fighting like hell to be. But we're number one in crypto because I'm the president. Biden wanted to also, at the very end, you know, he totally switched his thing.

You know, Biden was totally in favor of crypto at the end. Do you know that many people that were indicted under Biden for crypto, at the very end before the election, were let go? You know why? He wanted the vote. We are number one in crypto and that's the only thing I care about. I don't want China or anybody else to take it away. It's a massive industry.

NORAH O'DONNELL: Mr. President, thank you.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Thank you very much.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/read-full-transcript-norah-odonnell-60-minutes-interview-with-president-trump/

[Winehole23]

lol Trump refusing to deny he's corrupt

[Winehole23]

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%2Fid%2FOIF. PCs2XvPgH0HIJRO5HdJ05g%3Fpid%3DApi&f=1&ipt=c4eb5e59e717f5c2eb658d2cd686eb0f1a7e6d2238d4c2 e2efb60d077cbda9c3&ipo=images


RAJU: Last week you were very critical of Biden's use of the autopen. But Trump admitted on 60 Minutes to not knowing he pardoned a crypto billionaire who pleaded guilty to money laundering. Does that also concern you?

MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know anything about that. I didn't see it. I'm not sure.

[Winehole23]

Trump pardons convicted Republican fraudsters


Trump on Thursday pardoned former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada and his former chief of staff, Cade Cothren, NBC News reported (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-pardons-former-tennessee-house-speaker-aide-convicted-federal-co-rcna242544). Both were convicted in September on corruption charges that involved wire fraud and attempted money laundering:



Casada, a Republican, was sentenced in September to 36 months in prison after being convicted on 17 charges, including wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Cothren, the aide, received a shorter sentence. Casada confirmed the pardon on Thursday in a statement to NBC affiliate WSMV in Nashville, saying: ‘Yes the president called me today and granted me a full pardon. I am grateful of his trust and his full confidence in my innocence through this whole ordeal.’


The investigation into Casada and Cothren began during Trump’s first presidency, their trial was adjudicated by a Trump-appointed judge and the pair were ultimately convicted by a jury.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-pardons-yet-another-former-republican-lawmaker-with-a-fraud-conviction/ar-AA1Q34GG

[Winehole23]

not sure who has standing to challenge improper pardons

until Trump it was a truism that Presidents can't pardon state crimes

the wording seems broad enough to include anyone who tried to help Trump steal the 2020 election

Ed Martin making it a partisan deal is a choice


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[Winehole23]

Trump trying to pardon all of the people who tried to steal an election he lost while he stirred a riot against a joint session of the US Congress to certify the election is pretty shady, wouldn't you say?

Anybody?

[BadMotorscooter]

Trump trying to pardon all of the people who tried to steal an election he lost while he stirred a riot against a joint session of the US Congress to certify the election is pretty shady, wouldn't you say?

Anybody?

Chickens have come home to roost for democrats and you dont like, Wine Ho......lmao

[Winehole23]

recidivism -- Jonathan Braun


Felon Freed by Trump Is Sentenced Again, This Time to 27 Months
A Brooklyn federal judge found that Jonathan Braun had violated the rules of his release by assaulting a nanny, swinging an IV pole at a nurse and dodging tolls in luxury cars.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/nyregion/jonathan-braun-resentencing.html

[ChumpDumper]

Chickens have come home to roost for democrats and you dont like, Wine Ho......lmaoYeah, he doesn't like pedophiles being pardoned by Trump so they can commit more crimes.

You love it.

[Yonivore]

recidivism -- Jonathan Braun

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/nyregion/jonathan-braun-resentencing.html

You pay for the NYTimes? Post the article, it's behind a pay wall.

[Winehole23]

https://nypost.com/2025/11/11/us-news/jonathan-braun-drug-dealer-freed-by-trump-convicted-again/

[ChumpDumper]

You pay for the NYTimes? Post the article, it's behind a pay wall.

Maybe the Post is more your bag.

LI drug dealer freed by Trump now convicted of molesting his kids’ nanny and threatening synagogue congregant (https://nypost.com/2025/11/11/us-news/jonathan-braun-drug-dealer-freed-by-trump-convicted-again)

Without any whataboutism, was pardoning this guy a good move by your Trump?

Yes or no.

[Winehole23]

what do you think about Trump's corrupt pardons, Yonivore?

[Yonivore]

what do you think about Trump's corrupt pardons, Yonivore?
I don't know of any.

[Winehole23]

I don't know of any.the rate of recidivism and post-pardon child sex charges don't concern you?

[Winehole23]

sounds like you're not too familiar with the pardons, Yonivore