Ex-prosecutors and legal scholars say US president ‘meting out pardons for blatantly corrupt and self-serving ends’
Donald Trump’s unprecedented pardoning spree for political and business friends since returning to the White House has prompted warnings from ex-prosecutors and legal scholars of “corrupt” pay-to-play schemes, conflicts of interest and blatant partisanship.
It has included hundreds of Maga allies, a cryptocurrency mogul with ties to a Trump family crypto firm, disgraced politicians, and others who could yield political and financial benefits.
Trump’s political and business driven pardons spurred strong rebukes from his first day in office, when he pardoned or commuted sentences for some 1,500 Maga allies who attacked the Capitol on January 6 and tried to block Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s election.
When the 60 minutes reporter asked him why he pardoned the Binance guy he had no idea who that was. They’re probably just putting it in front of him and he signs it.
I also find it kinda stupid the President can just invalidate a conviction whenever he wants with no oversight. A jury of your peers found you guilty? The president says you don’t have to suffer the consequences.
He can only do it for federal crimes. If a state government tossed you in jail, the president can’t do jack about it.
For now.
We already gave him an inch. Now he wants a mile.