Pardons, Commutations and Dropped Prosecutions

[nycfan]

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/13/nx-s1-5713307/trump-nfl-pardons

“… Ex-NFL players Joe Klecko [perjury for bankruptcy fraud], Nate Newton [drug dealing], Jamal Lewis [facilitating drug purchase that happened during a sting operation], Travis Henry [financing Coke dealer] and the late Billy Cannon [counterfeiting money] were granted the clemency….”

 

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[nycfan]

Chaos enables corruption

 

[1moretimeagain]

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Back in 2005 I wrote a scathing column about a corrupt CEO named Andrew Wiederhorn, but I haven't thought about him much since. Today we have a new
@nytopinion
piece about him: After he got out of prison, he emerged as CEO of another company and, according to DOJ, stole $47 million that financed his 10-bedroom mansion in Portland with an indoor basketball court. He won't face prison this time, though: He then donated $100,000 to Trump's second inaugural committee, and the Trump administration fired the prosecutor and dropped the case. When will the public rebel against this banana republic kind of corruption?”

 

[nycfan]

 

[thebruinbleedstarheelblue]

they should compare these people to the people who are being arrested by ice

 

[1moretimeagain]

Sam Bankman-Fried is trying his best

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[JCTarheel82]

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