Pardons, Commutations and Dropped Prosecutions |

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I have not followed this story. Has the bribe been reported yet?
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I think a bribe for each and every one of these pardons is the default staring assumption now.

To me this one is unusual not because of the appearance of a bribe (that is the norm here), but for the opposite reason; a possible suggestion of another motive. On the Latin America Politics thread DonBosco posted the following tweet:



Which (very) roughly translated seems to read something like:

"Undoubtedly Trump's hand in the Honduran presidential election has been decisive. Observers say that the intention is to get China out (of Honduras, presumably) and that has carried the negotiations with the party of the narco ex president Juan Orlando Hernadez."

Now I don't know the source, so no idea how trustworthy. Also, who are these "observers"? A very Trumpy thing to say similar to "everybody is saying".

But it does raise the specter of some sort or geopolitical play at work here.

With all of that being said, I think without more information, the correct answer here is "yes, and...". If you can kill two birds with one stone, you take your bribe and also throw a bone to some security advisor somewhere that has a bee in his or her China bonnet.
 
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Hey, Callatoroy. As the most thoughtful MAGA on this board, I'm genuinely curious what you think about Trump's recent pardons, and the Hernandez pardon in particular. All good? Bad but not a dealbreaker? Or is this making you rethink your overall support for Trump?

I have a hunch it's these types of things that will lead to the ultimate implosion of MAGA, and I'm wondering if that's starting to happen yet with intelligent people like you.
 
Trump's love of all things corruption related is not new. Remember when he pardoned Blagojevich?

I mean, it kind of makes sense. If you want to buy loyalty with pardons, why not focus on people who have already demonstrated that they can be bought?
 
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President Donald Trump issued a “full and unconditional pardon” for Oak View Group co-founder Tim Leiweke, who was indicted by the president’s own Justice Department earlier this year, according to a document released online.

A federal grand jury indicted Leiweke, then the CEO of the live entertainment group, in July for “orchestrating a conspiracy to rig the bidding process for an arena at a public university in Austin, Texas,” according to a press release from the Justice Department announcing the charge.

“As outlined in the indictment, the Defendant rigged a bidding process to benefit his own company and deprived a public university and taxpayers of the benefits of competitive bidding,” assistant Attorney General Abigail Slater said in a statement at the time.…”

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He said “rigged”

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nycfan said:

A Round of Golf Changed Trump’s Tone on the Concert Industry​

The president’s pardon of sports executive Tim Leiweke ended a major case from his Justice Department​


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“President Trump promised to crack down on bad behavior in the ticketing and concert industry to help bring down prices for American fans.

This past week, though, he pardoned a sports executive in one of his Justice Department’s big battles against the industry, Tim Leiweke.

Trump decided on the pardon after Republican former Rep. Trey Gowdy raised the case with him following a round of golf, according to people familiar with the matter. Leiweke had faced charges of rigging the bid for a $375 million basketball arena that was later built for the University of Texas. He had pleaded not guilty.

The pardon wiped away a case that Trump’s antitrust chief had said fleeced Texas taxpayers. It also revealed the risky strategy prosecutors chose to pursue in granting immunity to Leiweke’s partners and focusing on Leiweke alone.

Leiweke was expected to be a witness in the government’s big civil case designed to improve competition and pricing in concerts and sports, and his indictment was the only criminal case targeting how the live-events industry works.…”
 
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