Trump pardoning a bunch of crooked people doesn&#39;t look good

Posted by Eli Goldfinger

Member since Sep 2016

32785 posts

Posted on 2/18/20 at 1:03 pm to Northwestern tiger

I don’t get that move at all.

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Posted by DarthRebel

Tier Five is Alive

Member since Feb 2013

21301 posts

Posted on 2/18/20 at 1:03 pm to Northwestern tiger

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What the hell is he doing!!!!

Posted by Vacherie Saint

Member since Aug 2015

39575 posts

Posted on 2/18/20 at 1:04 pm to Northwestern tiger

I just heard about Blago on the radio. I don’t think he’s pardoned him but simply commuted his sentence.

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Posted by Dale51

Member since Oct 2016

32378 posts

Posted on 2/18/20 at 1:05 pm to Northwestern tiger

quote:
What the hell is he doing!!!!

Smoothing the road to pardon Flynn and Stone against accusations of political bias?

Posted by SCLibertarian

Conway, South Carolina

Member since Aug 2013

36239 posts

Posted on 2/18/20 at 1:05 pm to Northwestern tiger

Pardons don't look good to most Americans because we as a country love mass incarceration and the idea that the longer the prison sentence, the better.

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Posted by HailHailtoMichigan!

Mission Viejo, CA

Member since Mar 2012

69366 posts

Posted on 2/18/20 at 1:05 pm to Northwestern tiger

Pardoning and commuting are different things.

Please learn the difference.

As for blago.....downvote away, but the sentence was excessive

He was a dirtbag and I don’t support commuting it, but 14 years was very surprising

He has already served 12 years anyway.

This post was edited on 2/18/20 at 1:08 pm

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Posted by Jjdoc

Cali

Member since Mar 2016

53502 posts

Posted on 2/18/20 at 1:09 pm to Northwestern tiger

quote:
What the hell is he doing!!!!

Securing a cooperating witness.

Posted by OchoDedos

Republic of Texas

Member since Oct 2014

34234 posts

Posted on 2/18/20 at 1:11 pm to Northwestern tiger

Blagojevich's sentence was commuted, not absolved. Blagojevich served over half of the sentence, and Trump thought the sentence was excessive and the Prosecutor Fitzgerald is big buds with Comey. It's more of a finger in the eye to that Justice Department crowd.

Posted by Zach

Gizmonic Institute

Member since May 2005

112610 posts

Posted on 2/18/20 at 1:12 pm to Northwestern tiger

It's been 3 years now, NW. You still haven't learned. When Trump does something strange people say 'OMG!!!'.
Then, later on, you realize he was right. He knows what he is doing.

Posted by Sobaka94

Tampa

Member since Jul 2017

248 posts

Posted on 2/18/20 at 1:13 pm to Northwestern tiger

he's definitely showing signs of tertiary syphilis.

Posted by SeeeeK

some where

Member since Sep 2012

28114 posts

Posted on 2/18/20 at 1:13 pm to Northwestern tiger

he's drunk with power, and this is stupid. You do it in your last year in office, not in year of elections.

For every 5 steps he takes forward, he takes 2 steps back with stupid shite.

He has a lot of Juice, and he's using to pardon shitheads and Roger stone. terrible

Posted by Jbird

In Bidenville with EthanL

Member since Oct 2012

73479 posts

Posted on 2/18/20 at 1:16 pm to Northwestern tiger

POTUS says that he pardoned Bernie Kerik. Kerik was former NY City Police Commissioner. He pleaded guilty to two ethics violations and admitted taking a $250,000 interest free loan from an Israeli Billionaire and failed to report it.

— Edward Lawrence (@NewsEdward)

Posted by texashorn

Member since May 2008

13122 posts

Posted on 2/18/20 at 1:17 pm to Northwestern tiger

Nothing he does will make him fall out of favor with any of his supporters ... and he knows it.

The fault, dear Brutus, lies not in our stars, but in ourselves.