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“People risked their lives for this investigation,” said a former agent at the US Drug Enforcement Administration, one of several law enforcement officials involved in tracking Hernández who voiced their frustration to the Financial Times. “Why are we taking a tough stance against [Venezuela’s] Nicolás Maduro . . . and letting this guy go?”
 
Also how to say "I'm desperately afraid of losing Congress" without saying "I am a scared little shit."

and to be fair I mean a really big shit.
 
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The POTUS does not have the power to pardon state convictions. As he well knows since he has been pressuring Colorado to release Peters (and the DOJ to tilt at windmills to force her release since she is an “elderly” lady, albeit younger than Trump).
 
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The POTUS does not have the power to pardon state convictions. As he well knows since he has been pressuring Colorado to release Peters (and the DOJ to tilt at windmills to force her release since she is an “elderly” lady, albeit younger than Trump).
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I would not be certain he can hold a thought in his head for more than a few minutes. He might have known he couldn't pardon her last week and forgotten by now. Or, as I think often happens, convinces himself because he wants it to be true.
 

Trump Pardons Developer Prosecuted by His Administration​

This summer, Trump administration officials had lauded the indictment of Timothy J. Leiweke as an effort to root out corruption and unfair business practices.

www.nytimes.com

Trump Pardons Developer Prosecuted by His Administration

This summer, Trump administration officials had lauded the indictment of Timothy J. Leiweke as an effort to root out corruption and unfair business practices.
www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com

“… Mr. Trump's pardon effectively quashed his administration's effort to convict the developer, Timothy J. Leiweke, a founder and former chief executive of Oak View Group, for allegedly orchestrating a conspiracy to rig the bidding process for the Moody Center Arena at the University of Texas to benefit his own company. The maximum penalty for the charge was 10 years in prison and a $1 million fine.

… When Mr. Leiweke was charged in June, he stepped down as head of Oak View Group, and the company agreed to pay $15 million in penalties for its role in the arena scheme. At the time, Trump administration officials who had worked on the investigation hailed the indictmentas part of a wider effort by the Justice Department to root out corruption and unfair business practices.

… In an email recovered by investigators, Mr. Leiweke bragged after winning the contract that “we were very clever to put together an agreement that scared everyone else away" adding that “this allows us to dictate terms to the university.”

Oak View Group continues to manage and operate the arena, and receives a cut of the revenue from the facility.”
 
nycfan said:

Trump Pardons Developer Prosecuted by His Administration​

This summer, Trump administration officials had lauded the indictment of Timothy J. Leiweke as an effort to root out corruption and unfair business practices.

www.nytimes.com

Trump Pardons Developer Prosecuted by His Administration

This summer, Trump administration officials had lauded the indictment of Timothy J. Leiweke as an effort to root out corruption and unfair business practices.
www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com

“… Mr. Trump's pardon effectively quashed his administration's effort to convict the developer, Timothy J. Leiweke, a founder and former chief executive of Oak View Group, for allegedly orchestrating a conspiracy to rig the bidding process for the Moody Center Arena at the University of Texas to benefit his own company. The maximum penalty for the charge was 10 years in prison and a $1 million fine.

… When Mr. Leiweke was charged in June, he stepped down as head of Oak View Group, and the company agreed to pay $15 million in penalties for its role in the arena scheme. At the time, Trump administration officials who had worked on the investigation hailed the indictmentas part of a wider effort by the Justice Department to root out corruption and unfair business practices.

… In an email recovered by investigators, Mr. Leiweke bragged after winning the contract that “we were very clever to put together an agreement that scared everyone else away" adding that “this allows us to dictate terms to the university.”

Oak View Group continues to manage and operate the arena, and receives a cut of the revenue from the facility.”
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This pardon was already mentioned in this thread but it really is weird.

“… Leiweke was accused of offering business to a company co-founded by Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones to stop it from bidding on arena rights, with Live Nation CEO Irving Azoff, his Oak View Group co-founder, acting as an intermediary.

… Freed from prosecution, Leiweke initially declined Wednesday to assist the Justice Department, invoking his right against self-incrimination during a deposition in a broader civil case against Live Nation, the WSJ reports. He plans to cooperate once a judge formally dismisses the criminal case against him, according to the newspaper’s sources. “


www.the-independent.com

Trump was persuaded into pardoning golf partner’s client over 18 holes: Report

Gowdy told the WSJ that following a round of golf with Trump at Mar-a-Lago on November 16, the president asked if he needed anything, prompting talks of Leiweke pardons
www.the-independent.com www.the-independent.com
 
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