Trump grants clemency to 20 people

Washington post ^ | December 22, 2020 | Pardons

[Responsibility2nd]

President Trump granted clemency on Tuesday to 20 people, including three former Republican members of Congress and two people who were convicted of crimes as part of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

He also pardoned four military contractors convicted of killing 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians in Baghdad in 2007, and extended clemency to several people convicted of drug offenses.

The pre-Christmas pardons and commutations came as the president has been exploring how to reward friends and allies in the waning days before leaving office next month, with more acts of clemency expected to come.

[EEGator]

Webster's dad?...

[montag813]

He should pardon Hillary. They ain’t gonna prosecute her anyway.

That would be absolutely hilarious. She would blow a gasket.

Trump should provide full details. "Full pardon granted for Hillary Rodham Clinton for crimes against the United States, including high treason, sedition, fraud, terrorism, theft, election interference, accomplice to murder"

[TigersEye]

Instead of pardoning Hillary he should pardon Bill for those crimes that they share culpability in.
It would make the unspoken point that she is not off the hook for her crimes.
At least not technically.

:)

[Spacetrucker]

Yeah, Stockwell was the surname of my old CO back in the 80’s during my USMC days -seriously doubt he’s even still alive.

[SeekAndFind]

That Blackwater pardon is a total head scratcher.

Wrong decision in my opinion. The rest are OK.

[Bshaw]

Not really, a good will gesture before Christmas. Great timing!

[Eleutheria5]

For a change? Every day the story is Orange Man Bad did _____.

[nikos1121]

Huh?

[cherry]

the two border agents were left hanging for a long long time by Bushie IIRC.....thankfully our Trump gave them the final pardon...

[cherry]

article also has the tone of Trump doing something that no other prez has done....as I understand it, the Clintoon and bammy gave out pardens to really bad people...

[mad_as_he$$]

Duncan Hunter? YIKES!

[COBOL2Java]

If Biden finally succeeds with the Steal the first person he pardons is Hunter. Media response?

[Tennessee Conservative]

Trump says he’s sure he will serve his second term. The pardons now are because a lot of them were political hit jobs and no reason to take a chance on Dems being successful stealing the election or assassinate him before being sworn in.

[TigerLikesRoosterNew]

Would Erik Prince have anything to do with it?

[headstamp 2]

[[[He should pardon Hillary. They ain’t gonna prosecute her anyway.]]]

Oh man, this would be a stroke of genius. LOL

[DoodleDawg]

Yeah he’s doing it to “reward friends and allies”, not because it is the right thing to do.

The two are not necessarily contradictory.

[unread]

"Webster's dad?

Is that Alex Karras.?

[EEGator]

Yes. He was George Papadopoulos on Webster.

[unread]

Ok.. I once saw Alex Karras and John Belushi do a skit on Saturday Night Live called “White Guys.” I've looked everywhere for that but have had NO success..

[EEGator]

It starts with an ad...

https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/a-couple-of-white-guys/n9329