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  • The Justice Department Quietly Ends Reprosecution of Man Who Received Clemency From Trump

    02/26/2024 7:37:26 AM PST · by Twotone · 1 replies
    Reason ^ | February 23, 2024 | Billy Binion
    A Florida man accused of facilitating an illegal health care scheme has been spared additional prison time, ending the Justice Department's attempt to reprosecute him after his sentence was commuted by former President Donald Trump. Philip Esformes on Thursday pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and was sentenced to time served, with prosecutors agreeing to dismiss the remaining five counts. It's a quiet conclusion to a controversial prosecution that saw the federal government resuscitate the criminal case against him not long after he'd spent four and a half years behind bars and was released...
  • DOJ plans to retry Philip Esformes despite Trump commuting sentence of Florida nursing home owner

    08/13/2022 9:23:55 AM PDT · by lowbridge · 29 replies
    CNBC ^ | August 12, 2022 | Dan Mangan
    A highly unusual move by the Justice Department to retry Florida nursing home owner Philip Esformes on health-care fraud criminal charges after then-President Donald Trump commuted his 20-year prison sentence is headed to an appeals court hearing as defense lawyers suggest prosecutors are motivated by anger at Trump. "The situation is entirely unique because the actions of the prosecutors here are incredibly outrageous," said Joe Tacopina, a leading New York criminal defense attorney. "There's no question in my mind that the [Justice Department's] flagrant disregard of President Trump's clemency order is motivated by acrimony towards him," said Tacopina. Tacopina is...