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  1. President Trump took pardon abuse to a new level this year
    with a string of dubious clemencies that together present a unique
    case study in how this unfettered executive power can be used to degrade, corrupt and politicize the justice system.

    The president pardoned one of his supporters, #Michele #Fiore,
    a Nevada politician who was convicted of federal charges that she used money from a police memorial fund for personal expenses, including for plastic surgery.

    He pardoned another supporter, #Scott #Jenkins, a former sheriff in Virginia who took bribes in exchange for badges.

    He pardoned #Todd and #Julie #Chrisley, reality TV personalities imprisoned for tax evasion and defrauding banks, whose daughter campaigned for Mr. Trump.

    He commuted the sentence of #Imaad #Zuberi, a major donor convicted of a host of crimes including illegal lobbying.

    Trump’s clemencies certainly aren’t the first to raise eyebrows -- Both Republican and Democratic presidents have, in certain instances, used their constitutional pardon power for questionable ends:
    George H.W. Bush pardoned officials embroiled in the Iran-contra scandal;
    Bill Clinton pardoned the billionaire fugitive Marc Rich;
    Joe Biden pardoned his son.

    ⭐️But for the most part, they relied on the Justice Department’s pardon attorney
    — a position I held for nearly three years
    — to evaluate clemency applications.
    Even when they acted against their pardon attorney’s advice, they typically did so with the benefit of a thorough investigation and analysis prepared by a team of nonpolitical experts.

    Trump has flipped the table on the deliberative approach favored by his predecessors.
    The damage won’t be easily undone

    On Trump's Inauguration Day,
    I read the news that he had pardoned about 1,500 people accused of crimes in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

    Though I had not been consulted, my staff and I were still expected to begin facilitating the releases of all those incarcerated.

    Over the next three days, 27 more pardons were granted,
    all without even a nod to the traditional role of the Justice Department in advising the president on pardons.

    Ordinarily, pardon applications face an exacting initial review by the Office of the Pardon Attorney.

    Applying detailed guidelines laid out in the Justice Manual,
    staff members assess applicants’ past criminal conduct,
    evidence of atonement, remorse and steps toward rehabilitation,
    and the reasons that they are seeking a pardon.

    Cases that clear this initial step then move to the F.B.I.,
    which conducts a full background investigation.

    Prosecutors, judges and victims are then given an opportunity to weigh in.

    In four years as president, Mr. Biden granted more than 4,000 commutations
    (full or partial reductions of sentences)
    but only 80 pardons.

    In March, after being sidelined for weeks,
    I was dismissed.

    I was replaced by Ed Martin,
    an organizer in the "Stop the Steal" movement who has described his pardon priorities unambiguously:
    “No MAGA left behind.”

    On his watch, the traditional application review process has been neutered.

    nytimes.com/2025/12/26/opinion

  2. President Trump took pardon abuse to a new level this year
    with a string of dubious clemencies that together present a unique
    case study in how this unfettered executive power can be used to degrade, corrupt and politicize the justice system.

    The president pardoned one of his supporters, #Michele #Fiore,
    a Nevada politician who was convicted of federal charges that she used money from a police memorial fund for personal expenses, including for plastic surgery.

    He pardoned another supporter, #Scott #Jenkins, a former sheriff in Virginia who took bribes in exchange for badges.

    He pardoned #Todd and #Julie #Chrisley, reality TV personalities imprisoned for tax evasion and defrauding banks, whose daughter campaigned for Mr. Trump.

    He commuted the sentence of #Imaad #Zuberi, a major donor convicted of a host of crimes including illegal lobbying.

    Trump’s clemencies certainly aren’t the first to raise eyebrows -- Both Republican and Democratic presidents have, in certain instances, used their constitutional pardon power for questionable ends:
    George H.W. Bush pardoned officials embroiled in the Iran-contra scandal;
    Bill Clinton pardoned the billionaire fugitive Marc Rich;
    Joe Biden pardoned his son.

    ⭐️But for the most part, they relied on the Justice Department’s pardon attorney
    — a position I held for nearly three years
    — to evaluate clemency applications.
    Even when they acted against their pardon attorney’s advice, they typically did so with the benefit of a thorough investigation and analysis prepared by a team of nonpolitical experts.

    Trump has flipped the table on the deliberative approach favored by his predecessors.
    The damage won’t be easily undone

    On Trump's Inauguration Day,
    I read the news that he had pardoned about 1,500 people accused of crimes in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

    Though I had not been consulted, my staff and I were still expected to begin facilitating the releases of all those incarcerated.

    Over the next three days, 27 more pardons were granted,
    all without even a nod to the traditional role of the Justice Department in advising the president on pardons.

    Ordinarily, pardon applications face an exacting initial review by the Office of the Pardon Attorney.

    Applying detailed guidelines laid out in the Justice Manual,
    staff members assess applicants’ past criminal conduct,
    evidence of atonement, remorse and steps toward rehabilitation,
    and the reasons that they are seeking a pardon.

    Cases that clear this initial step then move to the F.B.I.,
    which conducts a full background investigation.

    Prosecutors, judges and victims are then given an opportunity to weigh in.

    In four years as president, Mr. Biden granted more than 4,000 commutations
    (full or partial reductions of sentences)
    but only 80 pardons.

    In March, after being sidelined for weeks,
    I was dismissed.

    I was replaced by Ed Martin,
    an organizer in the "Stop the Steal" movement who has described his pardon priorities unambiguously:
    “No MAGA left behind.”

    On his watch, the traditional application review process has been neutered.

    nytimes.com/2025/12/26/opinion

  3. President Trump took pardon abuse to a new level this year
    with a string of dubious clemencies that together present a unique
    case study in how this unfettered executive power can be used to degrade, corrupt and politicize the justice system.

    The president pardoned one of his supporters, #Michele #Fiore,
    a Nevada politician who was convicted of federal charges that she used money from a police memorial fund for personal expenses, including for plastic surgery.

    He pardoned another supporter, #Scott #Jenkins, a former sheriff in Virginia who took bribes in exchange for badges.

    He pardoned #Todd and #Julie #Chrisley, reality TV personalities imprisoned for tax evasion and defrauding banks, whose daughter campaigned for Mr. Trump.

    He commuted the sentence of #Imaad #Zuberi, a major donor convicted of a host of crimes including illegal lobbying.

    Trump’s clemencies certainly aren’t the first to raise eyebrows -- Both Republican and Democratic presidents have, in certain instances, used their constitutional pardon power for questionable ends:
    George H.W. Bush pardoned officials embroiled in the Iran-contra scandal;
    Bill Clinton pardoned the billionaire fugitive Marc Rich;
    Joe Biden pardoned his son.

    ⭐️But for the most part, they relied on the Justice Department’s pardon attorney
    — a position I held for nearly three years
    — to evaluate clemency applications.
    Even when they acted against their pardon attorney’s advice, they typically did so with the benefit of a thorough investigation and analysis prepared by a team of nonpolitical experts.

    Trump has flipped the table on the deliberative approach favored by his predecessors.
    The damage won’t be easily undone

    On Trump's Inauguration Day,
    I read the news that he had pardoned about 1,500 people accused of crimes in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

    Though I had not been consulted, my staff and I were still expected to begin facilitating the releases of all those incarcerated.

    Over the next three days, 27 more pardons were granted,
    all without even a nod to the traditional role of the Justice Department in advising the president on pardons.

    Ordinarily, pardon applications face an exacting initial review by the Office of the Pardon Attorney.

    Applying detailed guidelines laid out in the Justice Manual,
    staff members assess applicants’ past criminal conduct,
    evidence of atonement, remorse and steps toward rehabilitation,
    and the reasons that they are seeking a pardon.

    Cases that clear this initial step then move to the F.B.I.,
    which conducts a full background investigation.

    Prosecutors, judges and victims are then given an opportunity to weigh in.

    In four years as president, Mr. Biden granted more than 4,000 commutations
    (full or partial reductions of sentences)
    but only 80 pardons.

    In March, after being sidelined for weeks,
    I was dismissed.

    I was replaced by Ed Martin,
    an organizer in the "Stop the Steal" movement who has described his pardon priorities unambiguously:
    “No MAGA left behind.”

    On his watch, the traditional application review process has been neutered.

    nytimes.com/2025/12/26/opinion

  4. President Trump took pardon abuse to a new level this year
    with a string of dubious clemencies that together present a unique
    case study in how this unfettered executive power can be used to degrade, corrupt and politicize the justice system.

    The president pardoned one of his supporters, #Michele #Fiore,
    a Nevada politician who was convicted of federal charges that she used money from a police memorial fund for personal expenses, including for plastic surgery.

    He pardoned another supporter, #Scott #Jenkins, a former sheriff in Virginia who took bribes in exchange for badges.

    He pardoned #Todd and #Julie #Chrisley, reality TV personalities imprisoned for tax evasion and defrauding banks, whose daughter campaigned for Mr. Trump.

    He commuted the sentence of #Imaad #Zuberi, a major donor convicted of a host of crimes including illegal lobbying.

    Trump’s clemencies certainly aren’t the first to raise eyebrows -- Both Republican and Democratic presidents have, in certain instances, used their constitutional pardon power for questionable ends:
    George H.W. Bush pardoned officials embroiled in the Iran-contra scandal;
    Bill Clinton pardoned the billionaire fugitive Marc Rich;
    Joe Biden pardoned his son.

    ⭐️But for the most part, they relied on the Justice Department’s pardon attorney
    — a position I held for nearly three years
    — to evaluate clemency applications.
    Even when they acted against their pardon attorney’s advice, they typically did so with the benefit of a thorough investigation and analysis prepared by a team of nonpolitical experts.

    Trump has flipped the table on the deliberative approach favored by his predecessors.
    The damage won’t be easily undone

    On Trump's Inauguration Day,
    I read the news that he had pardoned about 1,500 people accused of crimes in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

    Though I had not been consulted, my staff and I were still expected to begin facilitating the releases of all those incarcerated.

    Over the next three days, 27 more pardons were granted,
    all without even a nod to the traditional role of the Justice Department in advising the president on pardons.

    Ordinarily, pardon applications face an exacting initial review by the Office of the Pardon Attorney.

    Applying detailed guidelines laid out in the Justice Manual,
    staff members assess applicants’ past criminal conduct,
    evidence of atonement, remorse and steps toward rehabilitation,
    and the reasons that they are seeking a pardon.

    Cases that clear this initial step then move to the F.B.I.,
    which conducts a full background investigation.

    Prosecutors, judges and victims are then given an opportunity to weigh in.

    In four years as president, Mr. Biden granted more than 4,000 commutations
    (full or partial reductions of sentences)
    but only 80 pardons.

    In March, after being sidelined for weeks,
    I was dismissed.

    I was replaced by Ed Martin,
    an organizer in the "Stop the Steal" movement who has described his pardon priorities unambiguously:
    “No MAGA left behind.”

    On his watch, the traditional application review process has been neutered.

    nytimes.com/2025/12/26/opinion

  5. President Trump took pardon abuse to a new level this year
    with a string of dubious clemencies that together present a unique
    case study in how this unfettered executive power can be used to degrade, corrupt and politicize the justice system.

    The president pardoned one of his supporters, #Michele #Fiore,
    a Nevada politician who was convicted of federal charges that she used money from a police memorial fund for personal expenses, including for plastic surgery.

    He pardoned another supporter, #Scott #Jenkins, a former sheriff in Virginia who took bribes in exchange for badges.

    He pardoned #Todd and #Julie #Chrisley, reality TV personalities imprisoned for tax evasion and defrauding banks, whose daughter campaigned for Mr. Trump.

    He commuted the sentence of #Imaad #Zuberi, a major donor convicted of a host of crimes including illegal lobbying.

    Trump’s clemencies certainly aren’t the first to raise eyebrows -- Both Republican and Democratic presidents have, in certain instances, used their constitutional pardon power for questionable ends:
    George H.W. Bush pardoned officials embroiled in the Iran-contra scandal;
    Bill Clinton pardoned the billionaire fugitive Marc Rich;
    Joe Biden pardoned his son.

    ⭐️But for the most part, they relied on the Justice Department’s pardon attorney
    — a position I held for nearly three years
    — to evaluate clemency applications.
    Even when they acted against their pardon attorney’s advice, they typically did so with the benefit of a thorough investigation and analysis prepared by a team of nonpolitical experts.

    Trump has flipped the table on the deliberative approach favored by his predecessors.
    The damage won’t be easily undone

    On Trump's Inauguration Day,
    I read the news that he had pardoned about 1,500 people accused of crimes in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

    Though I had not been consulted, my staff and I were still expected to begin facilitating the releases of all those incarcerated.

    Over the next three days, 27 more pardons were granted,
    all without even a nod to the traditional role of the Justice Department in advising the president on pardons.

    Ordinarily, pardon applications face an exacting initial review by the Office of the Pardon Attorney.

    Applying detailed guidelines laid out in the Justice Manual,
    staff members assess applicants’ past criminal conduct,
    evidence of atonement, remorse and steps toward rehabilitation,
    and the reasons that they are seeking a pardon.

    Cases that clear this initial step then move to the F.B.I.,
    which conducts a full background investigation.

    Prosecutors, judges and victims are then given an opportunity to weigh in.

    In four years as president, Mr. Biden granted more than 4,000 commutations
    (full or partial reductions of sentences)
    but only 80 pardons.

    In March, after being sidelined for weeks,
    I was dismissed.

    I was replaced by Ed Martin,
    an organizer in the "Stop the Steal" movement who has described his pardon priorities unambiguously:
    “No MAGA left behind.”

    On his watch, the traditional application review process has been neutered.

    nytimes.com/2025/12/26/opinion

  6. @cdarwin #KyleChrisley , a son of Todd and Julie #Chrisley was arrested *again* in Rutherford County, #Tennessee on multiple charges, including domestic assault, assaulting an officer, resisting arrest, and disorderly conduct, among others. wsmv.com/2025/12/22/son-chrisl

    #DeplorableGene 🧬

  7. @cdarwin #KyleChrisley , a son of Todd and Julie #Chrisley was arrested *again* in Rutherford County, #Tennessee on multiple charges, including domestic assault, assaulting an officer, resisting arrest, and disorderly conduct, among others. wsmv.com/2025/12/22/son-chrisl

    #DeplorableGene 🧬

  8. @cdarwin #KyleChrisley , a son of Todd and Julie #Chrisley was arrested *again* in Rutherford County, #Tennessee on multiple charges, including domestic assault, assaulting an officer, resisting arrest, and disorderly conduct, among others. wsmv.com/2025/12/22/son-chrisl

    #DeplorableGene 🧬

  9. @cdarwin #KyleChrisley , a son of Todd and Julie #Chrisley was arrested *again* in Rutherford County, #Tennessee on multiple charges, including domestic assault, assaulting an officer, resisting arrest, and disorderly conduct, among others. wsmv.com/2025/12/22/son-chrisl

    #DeplorableGene 🧬

  10. @cdarwin #KyleChrisley , a son of Todd and Julie #Chrisley was arrested *again* in Rutherford County, #Tennessee on multiple charges, including domestic assault, assaulting an officer, resisting arrest, and disorderly conduct, among others. wsmv.com/2025/12/22/son-chrisl

    #DeplorableGene 🧬

  11. One by one,
    white-collar criminals have marched to the White House, bleating their fealty to Trump
    – and 🔥watched their prison sentences evaporate as a result.

    🔸There was #Charles #Scott,
    a Virginia businessman sentenced earlier this year for manipulating stock values and defrauding investors at a lighting company
    – and who Trump later freed.

    🔸A pair of reality television stars, #Julie and #Todd #Chrisley, were caught out evading taxes,
    sentenced to three years in prison as a result
    – before Trump decided to pardon them.

    🔸#David #Gentile was a former private equity head,
    convicted last year for conspiring to defraud investors
    (along with his partner)
    to the tune of some $1.6bn,
    receiving a seven-year sentence as a result.

    But just days into his prison term,
    Trump announced Gentile’s sentence would be commuted, and that he could walk free.

    The latter decision was remarkably galling.

    💥Gentile and his colleague had defrauded a staggering
    10,000 different victims:
    ⚠️parents and grandparents with little to their names,
    some of whom saw their entire life savings wiped out.

    “I’m totally disgusted, because it wasn’t only myself,”
    one of Gentile’s victims said after Trump’s move.

    “It was my elder mother in her nineties and my sister as well… We all got defrauded.”

    theguardian.com/us-news/ng-int

  12. One by one,
    white-collar criminals have marched to the White House, bleating their fealty to Trump
    – and 🔥watched their prison sentences evaporate as a result.

    🔸There was #Charles #Scott,
    a Virginia businessman sentenced earlier this year for manipulating stock values and defrauding investors at a lighting company
    – and who Trump later freed.

    🔸A pair of reality television stars, #Julie and #Todd #Chrisley, were caught out evading taxes,
    sentenced to three years in prison as a result
    – before Trump decided to pardon them.

    🔸#David #Gentile was a former private equity head,
    convicted last year for conspiring to defraud investors
    (along with his partner)
    to the tune of some $1.6bn,
    receiving a seven-year sentence as a result.

    But just days into his prison term,
    Trump announced Gentile’s sentence would be commuted, and that he could walk free.

    The latter decision was remarkably galling.

    💥Gentile and his colleague had defrauded a staggering
    10,000 different victims:
    ⚠️parents and grandparents with little to their names,
    some of whom saw their entire life savings wiped out.

    “I’m totally disgusted, because it wasn’t only myself,”
    one of Gentile’s victims said after Trump’s move.

    “It was my elder mother in her nineties and my sister as well… We all got defrauded.”

    theguardian.com/us-news/ng-int

  13. One by one,
    white-collar criminals have marched to the White House, bleating their fealty to Trump
    – and 🔥watched their prison sentences evaporate as a result.

    🔸There was #Charles #Scott,
    a Virginia businessman sentenced earlier this year for manipulating stock values and defrauding investors at a lighting company
    – and who Trump later freed.

    🔸A pair of reality television stars, #Julie and #Todd #Chrisley, were caught out evading taxes,
    sentenced to three years in prison as a result
    – before Trump decided to pardon them.

    🔸#David #Gentile was a former private equity head,
    convicted last year for conspiring to defraud investors
    (along with his partner)
    to the tune of some $1.6bn,
    receiving a seven-year sentence as a result.

    But just days into his prison term,
    Trump announced Gentile’s sentence would be commuted, and that he could walk free.

    The latter decision was remarkably galling.

    💥Gentile and his colleague had defrauded a staggering
    10,000 different victims:
    ⚠️parents and grandparents with little to their names,
    some of whom saw their entire life savings wiped out.

    “I’m totally disgusted, because it wasn’t only myself,”
    one of Gentile’s victims said after Trump’s move.

    “It was my elder mother in her nineties and my sister as well… We all got defrauded.”

    theguardian.com/us-news/ng-int

  14. One by one,
    white-collar criminals have marched to the White House, bleating their fealty to Trump
    – and 🔥watched their prison sentences evaporate as a result.

    🔸There was #Charles #Scott,
    a Virginia businessman sentenced earlier this year for manipulating stock values and defrauding investors at a lighting company
    – and who Trump later freed.

    🔸A pair of reality television stars, #Julie and #Todd #Chrisley, were caught out evading taxes,
    sentenced to three years in prison as a result
    – before Trump decided to pardon them.

    🔸#David #Gentile was a former private equity head,
    convicted last year for conspiring to defraud investors
    (along with his partner)
    to the tune of some $1.6bn,
    receiving a seven-year sentence as a result.

    But just days into his prison term,
    Trump announced Gentile’s sentence would be commuted, and that he could walk free.

    The latter decision was remarkably galling.

    💥Gentile and his colleague had defrauded a staggering
    10,000 different victims:
    ⚠️parents and grandparents with little to their names,
    some of whom saw their entire life savings wiped out.

    “I’m totally disgusted, because it wasn’t only myself,”
    one of Gentile’s victims said after Trump’s move.

    “It was my elder mother in her nineties and my sister as well… We all got defrauded.”

    theguardian.com/us-news/ng-int

  15. One by one,
    white-collar criminals have marched to the White House, bleating their fealty to Trump
    – and 🔥watched their prison sentences evaporate as a result.

    🔸There was #Charles #Scott,
    a Virginia businessman sentenced earlier this year for manipulating stock values and defrauding investors at a lighting company
    – and who Trump later freed.

    🔸A pair of reality television stars, #Julie and #Todd #Chrisley, were caught out evading taxes,
    sentenced to three years in prison as a result
    – before Trump decided to pardon them.

    🔸#David #Gentile was a former private equity head,
    convicted last year for conspiring to defraud investors
    (along with his partner)
    to the tune of some $1.6bn,
    receiving a seven-year sentence as a result.

    But just days into his prison term,
    Trump announced Gentile’s sentence would be commuted, and that he could walk free.

    The latter decision was remarkably galling.

    💥Gentile and his colleague had defrauded a staggering
    10,000 different victims:
    ⚠️parents and grandparents with little to their names,
    some of whom saw their entire life savings wiped out.

    “I’m totally disgusted, because it wasn’t only myself,”
    one of Gentile’s victims said after Trump’s move.

    “It was my elder mother in her nineties and my sister as well… We all got defrauded.”

    theguardian.com/us-news/ng-int

  16. The #Chrisley family continues to humiliate themselves. Yeah, Savannah, I'm sure prosecutors went after your parents because of their "conservative beliefs". It definitely didn't have anything to do with the multimillion dollar bank and #taxFraud. It's clear this girl is trying to get a pardon for Todd and Julie by suddenly becoming a #MAGA political advocate. The dishonesty runs deep in her family.

    #chrisleyknowsbest #ToddChrisley #ChrisleyFraud #bankFraud #taxevasion

    decider.com/2024/07/17/savanna

  17. The #Chrisley family continues to humiliate themselves. Yeah, Savannah, I'm sure prosecutors went after your parents because of their "conservative beliefs". It definitely didn't have anything to do with the multimillion dollar bank and #taxFraud. It's clear this girl is trying to get a pardon for Todd and Julie by suddenly becoming a #MAGA political advocate. The dishonesty runs deep in her family.

    #chrisleyknowsbest #ToddChrisley #ChrisleyFraud #bankFraud #taxevasion

    decider.com/2024/07/17/savanna

  18. The #Chrisley family continues to humiliate themselves. Yeah, Savannah, I'm sure prosecutors went after your parents because of their "conservative beliefs". It definitely didn't have anything to do with the multimillion dollar bank and #taxFraud. It's clear this girl is trying to get a pardon for Todd and Julie by suddenly becoming a #MAGA political advocate. The dishonesty runs deep in her family.

    #chrisleyknowsbest #ToddChrisley #ChrisleyFraud #bankFraud #taxevasion

    decider.com/2024/07/17/savanna

  19. The #Chrisley family continues to humiliate themselves. Yeah, Savannah, I'm sure prosecutors went after your parents because of their "conservative beliefs". It definitely didn't have anything to do with the multimillion dollar bank and #taxFraud. It's clear this girl is trying to get a pardon for Todd and Julie by suddenly becoming a #MAGA political advocate. The dishonesty runs deep in her family.

    #chrisleyknowsbest #ToddChrisley #ChrisleyFraud #bankFraud #taxevasion

    decider.com/2024/07/17/savanna

  20. The #Chrisley family continues to humiliate themselves. Yeah, Savannah, I'm sure prosecutors went after your parents because of their "conservative beliefs". It definitely didn't have anything to do with the multimillion dollar bank and #taxFraud. It's clear this girl is trying to get a pardon for Todd and Julie by suddenly becoming a #MAGA political advocate. The dishonesty runs deep in her family.

    #chrisleyknowsbest #ToddChrisley #ChrisleyFraud #bankFraud #taxevasion

    decider.com/2024/07/17/savanna

  21. I'm shocked -- shocked! - to hear that these two Perfect People were convicted of fraud, tax evasion, etc
    #Chrisley #Fraud #taxEvasion #grifters

  22. I'm shocked -- shocked! - to hear that these two Perfect People were convicted of fraud, tax evasion, etc
    #Chrisley #Fraud #taxEvasion #grifters

  23. Years ago, ads for Chrisley's reality show started popping up on TV. I didn't know if it was an actor playing a dirtbag or the dirtbag himself, but the man put me off and I never watched the show. #Chrisley #RealityTV