Posted on 05/29/2025 6:47:52 PM PDT by skyman
I understand the pardon process. But some of them make no sense to me.
I can understand pardoning people who were prosecuted for political reasons but pardoning violent criminals is another thing.
I didn't like when Kim Kardashian had access to Trump in the first term and she asked for pardons.
Someone needs to talk to Trump. He needs to be more discriminating.
Trump was doing well with the black vote because Democrats persecuted him and Trump is an alpha male. So I’m not sure how much he could cement his black base with this pardon. There are lots of middle class blacks sickened by rampant black crime and he could actually lose some of that vote.
Maybe the auto pen make a mistake.
That’s fine, I just have NIGHTMARES thinking about that ‘Man of God’. He was SICKENING.
Yeah, I don’t know why Trump did that. Maybe he’ll explain.
Unbelievable!
I don’t understand, either. Maybe Pres. Trump pardoned the federal weapons charges, but left the state charges untouched.
I noticed the fed gun charges too. Wait and see I figure. Like most things today I suppose. It’s the internet, Jake.
FReegards
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4319766/posts?q=1&;page=21
Here’s another thread about it with the fed gun charges for a felon up front and central. Still not sure I understand.
Freegards
Sounds right. President has no authority to pardon state charges, only federal.
“The performer, whose given name is Kentrell Gaulden, was serving a 23-month sentence for federal gun charges.”
“Before that, he paid a $25,000 fine for his involvement in a prescription drug fraud ring.”
I thought I read the firearm charges were unrelated to the other crimes. Felon in possession federal charges?
Agreed.
Just one question, FNM: did Trump sign the pardon himself or did Otto Penn sign it?
Well said. I agree.
As a rule presidential pardons should be accompanied by an explanation as to why they’re being given.
I live close to Culpeper and have followed this story closely. Here's an article you might find informative. Does Trump really need to spend political capital on a guy like this?
I’m a Trump supporting fool. If DJT says it’s ok then I’m right there with him. Does it have to make sense to me? Nope. I trust the man and I trust the plan. Besides, what can I really do about it? Nothing. So why bitch and moan.
A POTUS should have the policy, "I hate rap and all the sociopathology and psychopathy associated with it. No good American should abide by this vice."
I'm tired of having to decode Trump's off the wall activities like this.
Plus the sentences and turnstile justice nowadays is so lenient that why bother with pardons? The people, regardless of what they are in for, will be out in a few weeks or months anyway.
Depressing when Trump does this stuff, he's short-sheeting the people who defend him.
I think this unwarranted pardon is a trap for the rodents.
It sets them up to be wrong in the fight over autopen pardons.
If you target someone, and you have people on the line for crimes they committed, it becomes very easy to get them to willingly engage in a setup operation. Thus, everything you see is not really what took place. In fact, he may have assumed that he was receiving donations for his campaigns.
Note, I am not saying this was the case. What I am saying is that politics has become a very dirty game. The fact that they have video evidence leads me to be very suspicious. I mean look what they did to Trump. Do you think it might be possible that the scenario I am relaying could be what happened? Trump has someone looking at pardons, he is not randomly picking these out. Also, sentencing in may cases is done on who the person is, not necessarily what the person did.
I personally could care less who Trump pardons, for my reason for standing with Trump is for what he is trying to do for the nation & her citizens. <
While that is being said by me, I have no clue as to why Trump chose to pardon NBA Young Boy or whatever his rap name is. Perhaps it is to capture more blacks as supporters, because blacks have historically have received harsher sentences than a white who commits the same crime.
If that helps to bring the races together for a common goal, then perhaps it is worth it. But until we understand the why we will never know exactly what his motivation might be for the pardons. While they may give a bad impression, the world is imperfect, and DJT is a human also. However, I have lost track as to the number of times that I have questioned things he did, that ultimately made sense as time passed.
There are bigger issues at stake that have impacts on generations to come, and to me that is far more important than pardons. Hopefully in time, we will see the benefits of his decisions. Hopefully, no one will be hurt by the pardons.
In other words KevinB, I will overlook for now, that which makes little sense with the knowledge that the task he has undertaken is not a task many would dare engage in, and that task like I said has far greater consequences for the entire globe's humanity. I honestly believe that he is not walking alone with this task either, if you understand what I mean by that statement. 🙂👍
Keep in mind people like Senator Ted Stevens & Congressman Tom Delay, and more recently AG Ken Paxton. All straight arrow, all targeted on corruption charges all who have suffered even after proving themselves innocent of the charges leveled against them.
If Trump had not been elected, he too most likely would be behind bars for BS charges, and yet the jury found him guilty with scant evidence.
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