Federal judge in Iowa ridicules Trump's pardons

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | Dec. 29, 2020 | RYAN J. FOLEY

[artichokegrower]

A federal judge in Iowa who has warned against political corruption is ridiculing President Donald Trump’s pardons, including those issued to convicted Republican campaign operatives and former members of Congress.

[artichokegrower]

“It’s not surprising that a criminal like Trump pardons other criminals,” senior U.S. District Judge Robert Pratt of the Southern District of Iowa told The Associated Press

So Trump is a convicted criminal. No legal process, no representation, no hearing, no jury, no verdict. Just guilty. Some judge. More like a legal turd.

[Freeper]

Bye non-judge.

[relictele]

Photos confirm the suspicions.

[chopperk]

All of these Obozo appointed judges are loons.

[joshua c]

A political judge. Imagine that. Cant he be impeached for this kind of obvious bias?

[Psalm 73]

Can a US District Judge be sued for defamation of character?

[libh8er]

Clinton judge.

[Paladin2]

Where is Traitor Roberts on explaining the Bias?

[EQAndyBuzz]

And from Iowa no less. Did they ever decide who won the Iowa caucus?

[mass55th]

I wonder how this Federal Judge felt about Bill Clinton’s pardoning known fugitives from justice, Marc Rich, and his partner Pincus Green?

[silent majority rising]

Justice is getting harder to come by in our country.

[mbj]

+1 Sad, but true.

[silent majority rising]

This one was appointed by Clinton.

[Da Coyote]

Yup, a Dorkbama appointed (pseudo) judge.

We ridicule EVERYTHING that clown says.

So there, shove up and shove it often, pretend judge.

[billyboy15]

You’re being ridiculous. There are no Democrat or Republican Judges.

John Roberts said so.

[CodeToad]

So federal judges can slander presidents?? Seems punishment is warranted here.

[Irenic]

Oh, judge and jury.

[Tucker39]

His court can be closed down, deactivated. Pres. Jefferson did it to several courts/judges that were giving him crap. The judge suddenly was unemployed. I’ve heard Newt, who was a history professor before entering politics, talk about it and wondered why Reagan and others didn’t use it to put some “Richard Craniums”* in their place.
*AKA “Dick Heads”.

[fluorescence]

Won’t surprise me one bit if they try to invent a way to invalidate his pardons or criminalize giving them. Doesn’t matter if it’s unconstitutional, some judge will just rule that the constitution doesn’t really mean he can pardon whomever he wants or that he did it as part of an alleged criminal conspiracy so it’s invalid. All these articles seem to be building up for something like that.

[artichokegrower]

Trump

Pardons 28

Commutations 16

Total clemency 44

Obama

Pardons 212

Commutations 1,715

Total clemency 1,927