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...pardons?

But it seems that in its rush to appease those calling for widespread clemency of nonviolent offenders to make up for Biden’s sweeping pardon of Hunter, the White House either didn’t do a great vetting job or has stopped caring. Because some truly egregious dirtbags were among the recipients. A Pennsylvania judge who took kickbacks for sending juveniles to for-profit detention centers, in which he had a financial interest, earned clemency. Huh? A lawyer whom prosecutors had described as “the most prolific, pernicious, and utterly unrepentant tax cheat in United States history” earned clemency. Cool. An Illinois comptroller who embezzled $50 million from her city to build a horse breeding and show operation had her sentence commuted. Why? These are not just nonviolent drug offenders from an era of stricter war-on-drugs laws. These are major white-collar criminals who could’ve continued to gut it out in home confinement. What is this?

From Slate's "The Surge"

“or has stopped caring”

Or never did. So disappointing.

“or has stopped caring”

Or never did. So disappointing.

If that disappoints you, buckle up, because we know we are in for far worse malfeasance from the Trump administration.

I feel (sadly) that it is quite normal for Presidents to pardon buddies and accomplices. And yeah, I'm sure pardons are bought and sold.

BUT - as someone who voted for Biden and really likes President Biden I do admit some of the pardons I read about are puzzling to me.

If you haven't read about the "kids for cash" pardon. Heck even Governor Shapiro (D) spoke publicly against that one in no uncertain terms.

So disappointing.

Yeah, and Democrats say they believe in redemption. So why won't they forgive Donald Trump, it's been years since he raped someone? (As far as I know.)

The "vetters" may be the same folks who didn't sit down and tell Biden how the cow ate the cabbage when his poll numbers were bad, thought they could get more Latino voters by being "welcoming' to the oppressed, etc., and we'll get that in our faces when the Jan 6ers are pardoned.

Empty Wheel has this to say about why Hunter Biden's pardon was for 11 years, be advised she's a journo and not an attorney:


SNIP And whatever its influence on Hunter’s ultimate conviction, how Republicans worked to insert fabricated and otherwise suspect information into Hunter’s case is a lesson for how it’ll continue to happen.

The following list includes five examples, with numbered headings, that present compelling evidence of fabricated information used either by Congress or DOJ to go after Hunter and his father, along with four suspect incidents. The first five are presented in order of seriousness with regards to the effect on Hunter’s due process. This post will review each. I’ll do a followup that explains the lessons we can take from this.

1. After sharing a debunked Fox News meme, Alexander Smirnov makes false claims of bribery
2. Derek Hines narratively plants a crack pipe in Wilmington
3. The gun shop also lied on the gun form
4. Tony Bobulinski[‘s FBI report] claims he saw a diamond pass hands
5. Gal Luft claims Joe Biden met directly with CEFC Chairman Ye in 2016

~FBI enthusiastically welcomes “The Economist’s” claims
~The Scott Brady side channel launders dirt Rudy Giuliani obtained from Russian agents
~FBI makes Peter Schweizer their special Hunter Biden informant
~Judge Maryellen Noreika admits a laptop that has never been indexed SNIP

https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/12/10/zero-account...

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