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  • Trump’s pardons wipe out payments to defrauded victims

    12/19/2025 3:50:07 PM PST · by GrootheWanderer · 18 replies
    MSN ^ | Beth Reinhard, Aaron Schaffer
    Marian Morgan, for example, was sentenced in 2013 to nearly 34 years in prison for running a Ponzi scheme and was ordered to pay $17.5 million to dozens of investors, most of which remains unpaid. In 2021, she filed a statement in court saying, “I want to pay restitution to my victims so they know I am truly sorry for the damage I caused.” But in May, Trump commuted her sentence “to time served with no further fines, restitution, probation or other conditions.”
  • White House staffer went on a revenge tour against Elon Musk, fanning flames with Trump — while bragging about Tesla stock drop

    06/06/2025 5:21:46 PM PDT · by GrootheWanderer · 58 replies
    New York Post ^ | June 6, 2025 | Diana Glebova and Steven Nelson
    Musk and Gor disliked each other since before Trump reclaimed power on Jan. 20 — with the Tesla and SpaceX CEO describing Gor as “sleazy” during the transition and questioning his staffing picks. But the world’s richest man had the president’s ear and friendship through last week. Simmering behind the scenes was a grudge nursed by Gor over a March 6 Cabinet meeting, during which Musk “humiliated” him by slamming the pace of staffing the administration, said the sources, each of whom have interacted closely with Gor. “He was bragging to other people that he was going to get one...