Posted on 05/31/2018 12:26:49 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
New York interim Attorney General Barbara Underwood said on Thursday that President Trump's pardoning of conservative commentator Dinesh D'Souza shows his willingness to thwart justice and adds urgency to the state's double jeopardy loophole.
“President Trump’s latest pardon makes crystal clear his willingness to use his pardon power to thwart the cause of justice, rather than advance it," Underwood said in a statement.
"By pardoning Dinesh D’Souza, President Trump is undermining the rule of law by pardoning a political supporter who is an unapologetic convicted felon. First, it was Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Then it was Scooter Libby. Now it’s Dinesh D’Souza," she continued.
"Lawmakers must act now to close New York’s double jeopardy loophole and ensure that anyone who evades federal justice by virtue of a politically expedient pardon can be held accountable if they violate New York law.”
Trump announced on Thursday that he would issue a pardon to D'Souza, who pleaded guilty in 2014 to making illegal campaign contributions.
D'Souza is in the process of serving five years probation for illegally using straw donors to support Republican Senate candidate Wendy Long in 2012. The White House said in a statement that the president believed D’Souza was the “victim of selective prosecution for violations of campaign finance laws” and that he “accepted responsibility for his actions.”
“What should have been a quick minor fine, like everybody else with the election stuff,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One. “What they did to him was horrible.”
Former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sent a letter in April to New York lawmakers, pressing them to close the loophole in the state's double jeopardy law.
Closing the loophole would prevent individuals who broke the law in New York from avoiding accountability.
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(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
w York’s acting AG: Trump undermining rule of law with D’Souza pardon
Good grief. These people really make me ill.
Pretty much.
I wish elected Republicans didn’t value getting along with Democrats but treated them as the enemies they are.
Obviously the lying demagogic bitch has no idea what Constitutes law..
Political prosecutions beget political pardons. Pretty straightforward, really.
D’Souza was absolutely wronged...liberals went after him to silence him. PERIOD...Trump will not let us be silenced.
He prefers Drug Dealers who used Firearms in the commission of their Crimes be Pardoned.
Obama granted him his wish by the hundreds.
Oh, by the way, I must have missed her statement that the pardon of Jack Johnson also undermined the Rule of Law.
Heads exploding :)
Yeah. Where was she when Rich was pardoned?
Is there a list of Obama’s pardons?
Political prosecutions beget political pardons. Pretty straightforward, really.
Yeah, who the hell does Trump think this guy is...Mark Rich?
The President can stir these moonbats up like nothing I’ve ever seen.
I see that NJ has re-instituted the O’care tax as well.
That should go over well.
Wasn’t Obama pardoning all kinds of violent drug felons, some of whom actually landed themselves right back in the slammer within months if not weeks for doing the same things?
Undermining rule of law? Ok, why isn’t Hillary in prison already?
Boom!
Presidents irrefutable prerogative. Trump says it was an unfair prosecution and was convinced enough to pardon him.
They cannot be THAT STUPID!
The “Double Jeopardy Loophole” is PRECISELY what led to the Left (i.e., federal government) being able to re-try otherwise-acquitted people. For example, the Rodney King cops were first acquitted by a California jury, then the rioting, and then to end the rioting, Bush Sr. promised to try them again, at the federal level for ‘civil rights violations’. This applies to a HUGE number of cases and potential cases...including things like federal hate crimes laws.
Was it “Double Jeopardy”, YOU BET. But it was ‘legal’ due to a VERY WEAKLY REASONED Supreme Court decision that said essentially that the second trial was fine, because it wasn’t a second STATE trial, it was a federal trial.
If I NY, I’d quit while I’m ahead - there is a damn good chance that this crappy decision will be revisited if NY tries this shiite in the other direction, to nullify federal pardons. The ENTIRE RATIONALE of the above ‘decision’ would then be at risk.
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