Tag: Trump Pardons
Trump’s Pardons Cost U.S. $1 Billion
$1 billion
“Liz Oyer, the Justice Department’s recently fired pardon attorney, made a staggering claim on social media this week: President Donald Trump’s pardons of people convicted of white-collar crimes have cost Americans $1 billion,” the Washington Post reports. “She arrived at the number by adding up all the money that people who were pardoned allegedly owed in restitution, based on how much they were convicted of stealing.”
Patriotism Is Loyalty to the Country and Consitution, Not Trump
–U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson, in reluctantly dismissing a case against a Jan. 6 defendant.
Trump’s Pardons of Insurrectionists Highly Unpopular
58%
A new Reuters/Ipsos poll found that 58% of Americans are not in favor of President Trump pardoning all of the people who were convicted of crimes related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol just over four years ago.
Recruiting a New Gang
Trump’s four years were no walk in the rose garden,
And as he slinks into history, few are feeling maudlin.
No, it’s a day for the odds-makers,
Who are finding plenty of takers
To bet on which and how many criminals he’ll pardon.
Trump Expected to Bestow 100 Pardons on Last Day in Office
100
President Trump is preparing to issue around 100 pardons and commutations on his final full day in office Tuesday, a major batch of clemency actions that includes white collar criminals, high-profile rappers and others but — as of now — is not expected to include Trump himself, CNN reports.
Poll: Susan B. Anthony Pardon Was Just Pandering
54%
A new YouGov poll finds just 24% of Americans think President Trump’s pardon of Susan B. Anthony was genuine, while 54% think it was pandering.
GOP Desperate to Put Kavanaugh on Bench in Time to Rule on Case That Would Allow Trump to Pardon State-Level Crimes
From Natasha Bernard at The Atlantic: “A key Republican senator has quietly weighed in on an upcoming Supreme Court case that could have important consequences for Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation”:
