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Pardons, Commutations and Dropped Prosecutions Catch-All
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Trump to speak at a Justice Department shaken by firings and dropped cases
"... Already, the Justice Department has been shaken by a series of firings, resignations and sidelining of senior-level officials and career prosecutors since Inauguration Day, including those who worked on the criminal cases against Trump or on Capitol riot prosecutions. In his first hours in office, Trump also issued broad pardons and commutations of people who were charged in the Capitol attack.
Trump has also installed allies to run the Justice Department and FBI, including Patel, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and his own personal lawyers Emil Bove, Todd Blanche and John Sauer.
The speech is the first time that a president of the United States is delivering a political address inside the department since 2014 when Barack Obama unveiled new guidance for intelligence-gathering in the wake of Edward Snowden’s disclosure of US surveillance programs. ..."
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As we know Elizabeth Oyer, pardon attorney in the DOJ was fired for refusing the recommend return of firearms to habitual domestic abuser. She has revealed a more insidious plan to restore gun rights to violent criminals.
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Criminals, rapists, domestic abusers, pedos, violent criminals being pardoned and les loos in our streets are no problem for Mango Duce. Trump officially gave the opening speech for this DOJ instead of Pam Bondi who lied before Congress about the DOJ's independence. It's just another toy where Darth Orange promised retribution against lifetime DOJ members left who were involved in investigations into the Trump led J6 riots, designed to overturn the 2000 election, we all saw on TV.
I hate to say it - but Trump is building his "army" to "stand down and stand by."
Brady Decries Trump’s Apparent Dangerous Manipulation of DOJ to…
Brady is uniting Americans against gun violence. We invite everyone who wants to end our epidemic of gun violence to take action, not sides.
www.bradyunited.org
Criminals, rapists, domestic abusers, pedos, violent criminals being pardoned and les loos in our streets are no problem for Mango Duce. Trump officially gave the opening speech for this DOJ instead of Pam Bondi who lied before Congress about the DOJ's independence. It's just another toy where Darth Orange promised retribution against lifetime DOJ members left who were involved in investigations into the Trump led J6 riots, designed to overturn the 2000 election, we all saw on TV.
I hate to say it - but Trump is building his "army" to "stand down and stand by."
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I didn’t post this earlier this morning because it is still too speculative IMO, but your post seems to be along similar lines, so what the heck:As we know Elizabeth Oyer, pardon attorney in the DOJ was fired for refusing the recommend return of firearms to habitual domestic abuser. She has revealed a more insidious plan to restore gun rights to violent criminals.
Brady Decries Trump’s Apparent Dangerous Manipulation of DOJ to…
Brady is uniting Americans against gun violence. We invite everyone who wants to end our epidemic of gun violence to take action, not sides.
Criminals, rapists, domestic abusers, pedos, violent criminals being pardoned and les loos in our streets are no problem for Mango Duce. Trump officially gave the opening speech for this DOJ instead of Pam Bondi who lied before Congress about the DOJ's independence. It's just another toy where Darth Orange promised retribution against lifetime DOJ members left who were involved in investigations into the Trump led J6 riots, designed to overturn the 2000 election, we all saw on TV.
I hate to say it - but Trump is building his "army" to "stand down and stand by."
Trump Brought African-Style Political Thugs to the U.S.
I spent a career watching African politics. I never expected to see the same dynamics in my hometown.
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Trump Brought African-Style Political Thugs to the U.S.
I spent a career watching African politics. I never expected to see the same dynamics in my hometown.
“… A FEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NEW Trump term have me wondering if we’re heading into a new era of “guys” that goes beyond the relentless online attacks on Trump’s opponents. We’ve seen their like in the past in the United States—the urban gangs who helped enforce political machines and the KKK’s reign of terror in the South come to mind—but I can’t think of an example in which such groups acted on behalf of the president himself.
The most obvious blinking red light is Trump’s mass pardon of the January 6th insurrectionists, including members of organized militias such as the Oath Keepers, the Three Percenters, and the Thugs Formerly Known as the Proud Boys (a court recently awarded their name to a black church they vandalized). Fresh out of jail, Enrique Tarrio showed up at the Principles Firstconference last month to menace former police officers Harry Dunn, Michael Fanone, Aquilino Gonell, and Daniel Hodges, who have been outspoken about their experiences fighting the mob on January 6th and who have been the targets of constant harassment ever since. In his remarks at the conference, Fanone bluntly stated the danger of these criminals’ pardoning as permission to commit more political violence on Trump’s behalf, calling them Trump’s “brownshirts.”
I was similarly horrified by reports that Elon Musk’s private security force now has federal law enforcement authority via the U.S. Marshals Service. While the marshals sometimes contract with private security companies, Musk’s political power, not to mention his egregious conflicts of interest, makes the apparent deputization of his team highly unusual and dangerous. It’s unknown how many officers are now de facto federal agents, but that point seems irrelevant. The larger concern is that he has an established entry point, and he certainly has the financial means, to essentially create an alternative security force that might be used to keep Trump—or himself—in power. How seriously will Elon’s “guys” take whatever oath to the Constitution they may have sworn?
Trump’s and Elon’s “guys” are apparently not limited to just D.C. An Idaho woman was reportedly roughly removed from a town hall meeting by “unidentified” men who appeared to be private security guards deputized by the local sheriff. Subsequent reporting revealed that the men, who did not show badges or wear uniforms, were employees of a company called LEAR Asset Management. The apparently political use of private security companies threatens civil liberties and democratic activity. Sheriffs and police chiefs are responsible to the voters; private security details are not. …”
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Trump Pardons Nikola Founder Trevor Milton
Milton was convicted of fraud in 2022 for statements about zero-emission trucks
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A federal jury in Manhattan convicted Milton in 2022 of one count of securities fraud and two counts of wire fraud. During the trial, prosecutors portrayed Milton as a con man who duped investors, including in podcasts and on social media, about the company’s sales and the capabilities of its vehicles. In one instance, prosecutors said, he created a video of what appeared to be a truck driving normally—but it was really an inoperable prototype rolling down a hill.
Milton maintained his innocence and said he had acted in good faith, accusing prosecutors of cherry-picking his public statements to build their case.
He was sentenced to four years in prison but remained out on bond while he appealed his conviction.
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Brad Bondi, a lawyer for Milton, didn’t respond to a request for comment. Brad Bondi is the brother of Attorney General Pam Bondi.
Campaign-finance records show that Milton and his wife donated more than $1.8 million to a Trump fundraising committee in October. …”
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Trump Commutes Ozy Media Founder’s Sentence Just Before His Surrender
Carlos Watson, who started the now-defunct digital media company, had been sentenced to almost 10 years in prison for trying to defraud investors and lenders.
Trump Commutes Ozy Media Founder’s Sentence Just Before His Surrender
Carlos Watson, who started the now-defunct digital media company, had been sentenced to almost 10 years in prison for trying to defraud investors and lenders.
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Mr. Watson was sentenced in December to almost 10 years in prison for trying to defraud investors and lenders by lying about the company’s finances. He was sentenced after a federal jury last summer convicted Mr. Watson and Ozy Media of conspiracy to commit securities and wire fraud. The jury also convicted Mr. Watson of identity theft, after a two-month trial during which witnesses detailed an impersonated phone call, fabricated contracts and misleading claims about Ozy’s earnings from 2018 to 2021.
A federal judge had also ordered Mr. Watson and Ozy to pay $96 million in restitution and forfeiture. Mr. Watson and Ozy also no longer have to pay those financial penalties, the people said.
… Mr. Watson, at his sentencing hearing in December, reiterated his stance that the government selectively prosecuted him because he is a Black man.
Samir Rao, the other founder of Ozy, and Suzee Han, a former Ozy chief of staff, pleaded guilty in 2023 to fraud charges and testified against Mr. Watson. …”
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“… Mr. Trump also this week pardoned the three founders of the cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX, who had pleaded guilty in 2022 to violations of the bank secrecy act, one of the people familiar with the matter said, as well as Trevor Milton, who was convicted by a federal jury in 2022 of defrauding investors in the electric truck maker Nikola.”Trump Commutes Ozy Media Founder’s Sentence Just Before His Surrender
Carlos Watson, who started the now-defunct digital media company, had been sentenced to almost 10 years in prison for trying to defraud investors and lenders.
Trump Commutes Ozy Media Founder’s Sentence Just Before His Surrender
Carlos Watson, who started the now-defunct digital media company, had been sentenced to almost 10 years in prison for trying to defraud investors and lenders.www.nytimes.com
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Mr. Watson was sentenced in December to almost 10 years in prison for trying to defraud investors and lenders by lying about the company’s finances. He was sentenced after a federal jury last summer convicted Mr. Watson and Ozy Media of conspiracy to commit securities and wire fraud. The jury also convicted Mr. Watson of identity theft, after a two-month trial during which witnesses detailed an impersonated phone call, fabricated contracts and misleading claims about Ozy’s earnings from 2018 to 2021.
A federal judge had also ordered Mr. Watson and Ozy to pay $96 million in restitution and forfeiture. Mr. Watson and Ozy also no longer have to pay those financial penalties, the people said.
… Mr. Watson, at his sentencing hearing in December, reiterated his stance that the government selectively prosecuted him because he is a Black man.
Samir Rao, the other founder of Ozy, and Suzee Han, a former Ozy chief of staff, pleaded guilty in 2023 to fraud charges and testified against Mr. Watson. …”
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Trump Commutes the Sentence of Another Hunter Biden Business Associate
Jason Galanis had pleaded guilty to his role in two fraud schemes before cooperating with Republican congressional investigations into the Bidens.“… The commutation is the latest example of Mr. Trump’s aggressive use of his clemency powerto reward allies or highlight his own grievances about what he sees as the political weaponization of the justice system.
Last year, Mr. Galanis testified from a federal prison in Alabama before two Republican-controlled House committees investigating Mr. Biden’s foreign business dealings and their intersection with the vice presidency of his father, Joseph R. Biden Jr.
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A senior White House official pointed to Mr. Galanis’s contribution to the investigation to explain the commutation. The official also noted that Mr. Galanis had already spent years in prison, and said the White House had assessed that he had a low risk of recidivism.
Mr. Galanis’s commutation, which also eliminated his unpaid financial obligations, was posted on the website of the Justice Department’s Office of the Pardon Attorney on Monday. It was not announced publicly by the White House. …”
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Anyone still in jail for fraud should fire their attorney.
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Of course. Rao. LOL.
Isn't there a simple solution here? Trump could just pardon the gun crimes. If he doesn't do that, it is pretty good evidence that the original pardon wasn't intended to cover the gun crimes.