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Pardons, Commutations and Dropped Prosecutions Catch-All

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Healing said:
He's not tricked. He likes the opportunity to troll with these intentionally peppered in cover stories. maga doesn't believe these are evidence of "big tent" maga; they know the "whatabout" card will piss off some non-maga, particularly when it's focused on the minority populations maga love to punch down upon. It's nothing more than the trite "liberal tears" schlock.
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so, epic levels of bad faith BS.

and they wonder why we constantly call them assholes.
 
Healing said:
He's not tricked. He likes the opportunity to troll with these intentionally peppered in cover stories. maga doesn't believe these are evidence of "big tent" maga; they know the "whatabout" card will piss off some non-maga, particularly when it's focused on the minority populations maga love to punch down upon. It's nothing more than the trite "liberal tears" schlock.
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i meannnnn over in the "i do want conservatives" thread he seems to genuinely think that they're cutting animal testing out of some sense of animal altruism, LMAO.

i think you might be giving him too much credit.
 

SEC Dismisses Lawsuit Against Binance​

The agency has been winding down Biden-era enforcement actions against crypto firms​

🎁—> https://www.wsj.com/finance/currenc...ae?st=CqYqVx&reflink=mobilewebshare_permalink


“… When the SEC sued Binance in June 2023, it was led by Gary Gensler, a Biden appointee who argued that the crypto markets were riddled with scams and needed to be subjected to the same laws that govern securities such as stocks and bonds. Gensler’s SEC sued an array of big crypto firms, including Binance, the world’s largest digital-currency trading platform.

In its lawsuit, the SEC alleged that Binance operated unregistered securities exchanges, misrepresented trading controls and commingled investors’ assets with company funds. Binance has always said the case was without merit.

Binance separately pleaded guilty that year to violating U.S. anti-money-laundering rules and agreed to pay a $4.3 billion fine. Zhao served four months in jail on a related charge.…”
 

Trump commutes sentence of Miami healthcare exec convicted of Medicare fraud​



“A South Florida man sentenced to 50 years in prison for ripping off tens of millions of dollars from Medicare was among the more than two dozen people whom President Donald Trump granted clemency to this week.

Lawrence Duran — the former co-owner of American Therapeutic Corp., a Miami-based company that ran seven healthcare clinics between South Florida and Orlando — pleaded guilty in May 2011 to multiple felonies, including defrauding Medicare, healthcare fraud and money laundering.

… Duran and his girlfriend, Marianella Valera, the co-owner of the company and one of its therapists, filed 866,000 false claims with Medicare and received more than $87 million from their scheme, according to court records.

Their case was part of a much larger probe that included 22 other defendants, including senior company employees, psychiatrists and patient recruiters. In all, the scheme involved $200 million in false billings. At the time, it was the nation’s largest Medicare therapy rip-off scam in history.

… Duran is the second defendant in the case to be spared by Trump. In 2020 in his first term, Trump commuted the 35-year sentence of Judith Negron. A jury convicted her on 24 counts of conspiracy, fraud, paying kickbacks and money laundering in collaboration with Duran and Valera in August 2011….”


Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article307566596.html#storylink=cpy

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nycfan said:

Trump commutes sentence of Miami healthcare exec convicted of Medicare fraud​



“A South Florida man sentenced to 50 years in prison for ripping off tens of millions of dollars from Medicare was among the more than two dozen people whom President Donald Trump granted clemency to this week.

Lawrence Duran — the former co-owner of American Therapeutic Corp., a Miami-based company that ran seven healthcare clinics between South Florida and Orlando — pleaded guilty in May 2011 to multiple felonies, including defrauding Medicare, healthcare fraud and money laundering.

… Duran and his girlfriend, Marianella Valera, the co-owner of the company and one of its therapists, filed 866,000 false claims with Medicare and received more than $87 million from their scheme, according to court records.

Their case was part of a much larger probe that included 22 other defendants, including senior company employees, psychiatrists and patient recruiters. In all, the scheme involved $200 million in false billings. At the time, it was the nation’s largest Medicare therapy rip-off scam in history.

… Duran is the second defendant in the case to be spared by Trump. In 2020 in his first term, Trump commuted the 35-year sentence of Judith Negron. A jury convicted her on 24 counts of conspiracy, fraud, paying kickbacks and money laundering in collaboration with Duran and Valera in August 2011….”


Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article307566596.html#storylink=cpy

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nrsair said:
apnews.com

Trump pardons 2 divers who freed 19 sharks off the coast of Florida

Two South Florida shark divers convicted of theft for freeing 19 sharks and a giant grouper from a fisherman’s longline have been pardoned by President Donald Trump.
apnews.com apnews.com

Here’s one I agree with. Pardoned two divers who cut sharks and a grouper off of a long line.
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I understand the objection but it sure does trivialize the office of the Presidency. Next he's going to be selling them on a Lay Away plan.
 
evrheel said:
www.newsweek.com

Joe Biden's pardons investigated by Justice Department: report

Biden's mental capacity to serve as president has come under intense scrutiny in recent weeks.
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For reference, there is a separate Biden pardon thread (I am not objecting to commingling the Trump and Biden pardons as posters choose, just noting for the “you never criticize or discuss Biden” crowd that there had been a prior robust thread about Biden pardons when he could still issue pardons ).

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Politics Thread 'Biden pardons | BIDEN ISSUES PREEMPTIVE PARDONS - Family, Fauci, J6 Committee, Others'

The President's pardon power may turn out to be the biggest problem and manifest itself in ways we haven't thought of. Of course, Trump will be shopping for bad people to do his bidding and handing out pardons to them. "Russia if you are listening" thing.

And, it could work the other way. Bad people shopping Trump. Just assassinate a Trump enemy and expect all your crimes to be pardoned. Trump would claim there's no evidence I have ever talked to this murderer but he's being treated so badly that I just have to pardon him. A signal pardon if you will.

Expect Trump to push the...
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Hey, at least they aren’t dropping all the Biden era prosecutions …
 
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