Pardons, Commutations and Dropped Prosecutions | Trump pardons Giuliani

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lawtig02 said:
Seems like the next question would be, “If you don’t know who he is, why the fuck did you pardon him?”
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Well, I buy stuff at Walmart and none of the Walmart heirs know me. Just because this crypto guy purchased a pardon at Trumpmart doesn't mean that St. Donald of Mar-a-Lago knows him.
 
lawtig02 said:
Seems like the next question would be, “If you don’t know who he is, why the fuck did you pardon him?”
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This is what makes me want to pull my hair out when it comes to mainstream media interviewers.

Nora had the opportunity to follow up and challenge a dozen or more Trump lies. But to be fair, she is no different than the other mainstream interviewers.
 
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“… Glen Casada, who was ousted from his position as the Republican speaker of the Tennessee House just months into the job in 2019, received a phone call from Trump on Thursday informing him of the decision, said his attorney, Ed Yarbrough.

Casada, 66, was sentenced in September to three years in federal prison on charges related to a kickback and bribery arrangement involving the legislature’s state-funded constituent mailer program. Cade Cothren, 38, previously Casada’s chief of staff, was also convicted of fraud and related federal charges and sentenced to two and a half years in prison. They were due to report to prison later this month.

Cothren, who resigned amid allegations of making sexual advances to a state legislative intern, drug use in the state Capitol complex and sending racist text messages, also received a call from Trump informing him of the pardon, Yarbrough said. Both men had pleaded not guilty to federal charges.…”
 
“… Casada, who plotted for years to take the reins as House speaker in Tennessee’s Republican supermajority legislature, was removed from his short-lived tenure in August 2019 after a bid of no confidence by his fellow House Republicans over conduct unrelated to his prosecution.

… After losing their primary source of income, Casada and Cothren worked together to form a new political consulting firm, Phoenix Solutions, to provide constituent mailer services to Tennessee Republican House members. Cothren assumed the false identity of “Matthew Phoenix” so state legislators would not know he was part of the business …

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In total, Phoenix Solutions received approximately $159,496.48 in revenue from caucus and campaign work, according to the Middle Tennessee U.S. attorney’s office.

“In a betrayal of their duty to Tennesseans, Mr. Casada and Mr. Cothren violated the integrity of our government,” Special Agent in Charge Joe Carrico of the FBI Nashville Field Office said in a September release announcing their prison terms. “The sentences imposed today should serve as a wake-up call to other public officials who believe there are no consequences for betraying the public trust.”…”
 
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