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Pardoning Fraud Felons
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Offensive how some claim the Trump administration is "corrupt".
Trump has now issued only 1,800 pardons in his second term, in Trump's new Pardon Industrial Complex. Job Creator.
Lobbyists charge $1M standard to pursue one, with success fees up to $6M.
Over half have gone to white-collar criminals -- fraud, money laundering, tax evasion.
Victim restitution wiped: $1.3 billion.
There were zero lobbying registrations for pardons in the first year of any previous presidency.
Now there are ten.
The numbers speak for themselves.
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They are not sending their best:
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/05/nx-s1-5725470/trump-jan-6-pardon-sexual-abuse-prison
>"We were scared," the girl testified. "Like, we didn't realize that this stuff was not okay because we were 12 years old."
#Jan6 #jan6th #January6th #ChildAbuse #pedo #pedophilia #TrumpPardons
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Trump Administration's Use of Presidential Pardons Examined
Donald Trump gave many pardons. Some went to friends. This news explains why people are asking questions about it.
#TrumpPardons, #PresidentialPardons, #USPolitics, #Clemency, #RuleOfLaw
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Former President Donald Trump gave pardons to many people. Some of these people were his friends or supporters. News reports are looking closely at these decisions and if they were fair.
#TrumpPardons, #PresidentialPardons, #USPolitics, #Clemency, #RuleOfLaw
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Watchdog Group Seeks FEC Inquiry Into Donations Potentially Tied to Trump Pardon
The complaint alleges the donations had a singular goal: to elicit a pardon from Donald Trump. -
[NYTimes-gifted]: Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
David Gentile had been found guilty for his role in what prosecutors described as a $1.6 billion scheme that defrauded thousands of investors. By Kenneth P. Vogel
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[Financial Times]: Binance founder Changpeng Zhao accused of facilitating payments to Hamas. By Joe Miller in Washington and Nikou Asgari in London
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Trump’s sweeping 2020 election pardon raises alarms ahead of the midterms – Politico
Trump’s sweeping 2020 election pardon raises alarms ahead of the midterms
The language in the pardon also underscores that Trump’s clemency is not limited to people named in the document.
President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media following a swearing in ceremony for Sergio Gor, the new U.S. Ambassador to India, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, on Nov. 10, 2025. | Craig Hudson for POLITICOBy Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein, 11/10/2025 07:21 PM EST
President Donald Trump’s adversaries say his sweeping pardon for dozens of alleged co-conspirators in the plot to subvert the 2020 election sent an unmistakable signal: If you do it again, I’ll protect you.
The extraordinarily broad pardon, signed Friday but revealed Sunday night, has little substantive effect for its recipients. Trump can pardon only federal crimes, and his administration had already pulled the plug on any lingering investigations stemming from the 2020 election. Some of the clemency recipients are still facing state-level criminal charges in Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and Wisconsin — though some Trump allies argue the pardons could derail those cases.
The mass pardon — the first in history to cover people accused of criminally conspiring with the president who issued it — comes as Trump continues to stoke false claims about rampant cheating by Democrats and sow doubts about the integrity of future elections. And his opponents see the pardon as a permission slip for similar efforts in 2026 and 2028.
“Trump is sending a message to his supporters that if you commit a crime in the name of Donald Trump, I’ve got your back,” said Liz Oyer, the former U.S. pardon attorney, whose successor Ed Martin announced the sweeping clemency on X and released a 15-page statement explaining the move.
Oyer said the pardon was written so broadly that it could apply to countless people who aided Trump’s effort to stay in power despite losing the 2020 election — and the vaguely worded document permits Martin and other Justice Department officials to decide for themselves who receives a pardon certificate.
“That’s just not how pardon paperwork is written,” Oyer said.
The move also appeared to be a way for Trump to test the well-settled boundaries of the pardon power itself, with allies like Martin and election attorney Cleta Mitchell suggesting it should cause the pending state cases to crumble. The pair argue that the presidential pardon could cover state-law crimes because the purported electors were engaged in activity related to a federal election, though legal scholars say that rationale is a stretch. A spokesperson for Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said Trump’s pardon would not influence her handling of the case there, which has remained in limbo as she fights a judge’s ruling that the grand jury process was flawed.
Mayes’ office charged 18 of Trump’s allies last spring for their efforts to subvert the 2020 election and labeled Trump an unindicted co-conspirator. Mayes brought her case last year, several months after Fulton County prosecutors in Georgia charged Trump himself with orchestrating a conspiracy to corrupt the state’s election results. State prosecutors in Nevada and Wisconsin have charged people connected to Trump’s alleged conspiracy. All of the cases remain pending, though they’ve been mired in varying degrees of dysfunction and protracted litigation.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Trump’s sweeping 2020 election pardon raises alarms ahead of the midterms – POLITICO
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🚨 Breaking News: Trump hands out pardons like Halloween candy 🎃, this time to a crypto kingpin 👑. Meanwhile, WSJ's website navigates like a toddler on a tricycle 🚴♂️, leading readers down a maze of dead ends. 💥
https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/trump-pardons-convicted-binance-founder-7509bd63 #BreakingNews #TrumpPardons #CryptoKingpin #WSJWebsite #Failures #HalloweenCandy #HackerNews #ngated -
Man Pardoned for Jan. 6 Involvement Arrested for Threats to Hakeem Jeffries
A man who took part in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and received a full pardon from President Donald Trump was arrested last week after making threats to the life of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. Prosecutors charged Christopher Moynihan with making terroristic threats toward the Democratic New York lawmaker. He will make his first court appearance on Thursday.
This post has been syndicated from Truthout, where it was published under this address.
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Trump’s pardon of Michele Fiore is just another blatant misuse of power to reward corrupt allies. This isn’t about justice—it’s about loyalty to a man who’s turned the White House into his personal get-out-of-jail-free card. #TrumpPardons #Corruption #MAGA www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Trump adds Nevada’s Michele Fi... -
Trump commutes the sentence of Ozy Media co-founder Carlos Watson in financial conspiracy case
“The ‘quantum of dishonesty in this case is exceptional.'” – U.S. District Judge Eric Komitee
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Trump commutes the sentence of Ozy Media co-founder Carlos Watson in financial conspiracy case
“The ‘quantum of dishonesty in this case is exceptional.'” – U.S. District Judge Eric Komitee
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What's the country coming to when a guy can't plot to kill the agents investigating him?
Trump’s January 6 pardon doesn’t cover FBI murder plot conviction, judge rules
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From an MSNBC article on people seeking clemency from the White House:
“I was told not to bring any sex crimes, true crimes of violence or illegal immigration cases,” he said."
The cruel irony of republicans' ideas of 'law and order'.
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How many Scaramuccis will it take for trump to pardon jailed crypto criminal Sam Bankman and claim over zealous prosecution by the deep state?
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[Gifted, NYT Opinion]: I Prosecuted the Capitol Rioters. They Have Never Been More Dangerous. By By Brendan Ballou. Mr. Ballou is a former federal prosecutor, January 24, 2025
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The crazy just doesn’t stop…
#OathKeepers founder #StuartRhodes who was convicted of orchestrating his #FarRight #extremist group’s #Jan6, 2021 assault on the US Capitol, showed up Wed on Capitol Hill, a day after he was released from prison by #Trump.
Rhodes who was convicted of #SeditiousConspiracy in one of the most serious cases brought by #DOJ met w/at least one *LAWMAKER*& chatted w/others.
#criminal #law #Felon47 #MafiaState #TrumpPardons #PoliticalViolence
https://apnews.com/article/capitol-riot-pardons-trump-2e2275ff164550de29c34de8d12886ab -
If you do something illegal, you could go to jail. *
* Unless you attack the US parliament in a violent insurrection that leads to multiple deaths — then you get pardoned.
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Wow! Trump CONFRONTED at His OWN Buildings by FED UP Vets | On Democracy - https://youtu.be/-TAojMmC8FI?si=OBbWjw1y4hicmYYv #USPolitics #DonaldTrump #vote #vote2024 #2024vote #2024Election #election2024 #DumpTrump #podcast #podcasts #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #Harris_Walz2024 #HarrisWalz #HarrisWalz2024 #Jan6 #Jan6th #January6th #January6thInsurrection #Jan6thInsurrection #Jan6Insurrection #MeidasTouch #MTN #MeidasTouchNews #J6 #J6Trial #J6Insurrection #Jan6Trial #January6Trial #HurricaneHelene #GOPCriminals #GOPClowns #FredWellman #VoteVetsBusTour #VoteVets #JackSmith #OnDemocracy #VeteransAgainstTrump #GSA #TrumpPardons #VetsAgainstTrump #inauguration #TrumpTheTraitor #FPWellman
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Trump pardoned a hodgepodge of controversial figures, from Joe Arpaio to Roger Stone. Now, dozens of them are contributing to his 2024 bid or have spread his false election claims.
#TrumpPardons #2024Bid #FalseElectionClaims #JoeArpaio #RogerStone #PoliticalDonations #Politics #News
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The corruption is profound. [Gifted article, no paywall, NYTimes.com]: A Troubling Trump Pardon and a Link to the Kushners
A commutation for a drug smuggler named Jonathan Braun had broader implications than previously known. It puts new focus on how Donald Trump would use his clemency powers in a second term.
#trump #corruption #maga #kushner #predatoryLending #trumppardons #corrupt #JonathanBraun
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@squig @kentborg @violetmadder @edgeoforever @bruce @GottaLaff The flow of money around Trump's pardon spree definitely deserves a special anti-corruption task force's whole attention & thorough investigation.
#RuleOfLaw #AccountabilityMatters #JusticeMatters #TrumpPardons #QuidProQuo #Corruption #Bribery #InvestigateTrumpPardons #ObstructionOfJustice #DerelictionOfDuties #TakeCareClause
