"(Wah!)Where is my pardon?(wah!)"
Posted on 12/23/2020 5:56:21 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
President Donald Trump on Dec. 23 issued pardons for another 26 people, among whom are former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and longtime adviser Roger Stone. He also pardoned Charles Kushner, a real estate developer and the father of his son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
The president also commuted part or all of the sentences for three other people.
The latest actions, coming just after Trump arrived in Palm Beach, Florida, for the holiday season, marks a second wave of clemency actions in the last two days, and brings the number of people Trump has pardoned or commuted sentences for to 49.
Manafort and Stone were among several Trump associates who faced charges as a result of former special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
The White House announced that Manafort’s sentence stemmed from convictions prosecuted in Mueller’s investigation, which was “premised on the Russian collusion hoax.”
Trump’s pardoning of Manafort spared the long-time Republican operative from serving the bulk of his prison term of 7 1/2 years.
“Mr. Manafort has already spent two years in prison, including a stretch of time in solitary confinement—treatment worse than what many of the most violent criminals receive. As a result of blatant prosecutorial overreach, Mr. Manafort has endured years of unfair treatment and is one of the most prominent victims of what has been revealed to be perhaps the greatest witch hunt in American history,” the White House statement reads.
“As Mr. Manafort’s trial judge observed, prior to the Special Counsel investigation, Mr. Manafort had led an ‘otherwise blameless life.’ Since May, Mr. Manafort has been released to home confinement as a result of COVID-19 concerns.”
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"(Wah!)Where is my pardon?(wah!)"
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“the Kushner pardon is a big F.U. to Chris Christie....”
How can you not do your Grandkids other GrandPa?
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Since Nov 23, 2020
Only if he is running for Hippo-potus-us.
What about the husband in Oregon who was caught up in the Bundy thing there? I think...
Maybe we can have 48 months of investigations.
He must have flipped.
hoping he pardons Assange. He broke the whole Clinton/Dem cabal open for us to see what corruption was going on.
His name was Randy weaver I believe..
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Paul Manafort
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Mr. President, my family & I humbly thank you for the Presidential Pardon you bestowed on me. Words cannot fully convey how grateful we are.
Paul Manafort
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3h
History will record that your Presidency accomplished more in 4 years than any of your modern-day predecessors.
Paul Manafort
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3h
You truly did “Make America Great Again.” God Bless you & your family. I wish you a Merry Christmas & many good wishes for the coming years.
Lavrenty Beria would have been proud of Bob Mueller.
I think presidents do it at the end of every term, reelected or not.
or any time possibly
Better a Civil War than a Biden presidency.
It was the Hammonds. Looks like Trump already pardoned them. I am so glad!
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/10/us/politics/trump-pardon-hammond-oregon.html
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