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I beg your Pardon (Biden pardons 39 - and now commutes almost all death row sentences)

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  1. G8trGr8t

    G8trGr8t Premium Member

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    Unless he is terminally ill I don't agree with that

    Not a libby except by maga standards
     
  2. rivergator

    rivergator Too Hot Mod Moderator VIP Member

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    Yeah, I remember that case. Apparently he's been on house arrest since 2020. But I don't like it. Let him rot.
     
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  3. vegasfox

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    You can bet on who gets pardoned on Kalshi (totally legal US prediction market since October). I'm hoping my political betting guru (Barnes) will make some picks for me since he's a lawyer and can see the situation from multiple angles.

    Pardons?
    Sam Bankman-Fried: Gave 5.2 million to Biden campaign in 2020, second largest donor to The Big Guy after Bloomberg

    Bob "Gold Bar" Menendez
    Eric "Jive Turkey" Adam's
    Anthony "Carlos Danger" Weiner

    Preemptive Pardons?
    Liz "War Hawk Tuah" Cheney
    Anthony "Mengele" Fauci
    Jim "Little Bro" Biden

    If you don't know who Hawk Tuah is
     
  4. vegasfox

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    Imagine how much Diddy and/or certain Hollywood bad actors would pay for pardons.
     
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  5. Tjgators

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  6. VAg8r1

    VAg8r1 GC Hall of Fame

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    It's Biden the Godfather who is pulling the strings.
    Actually, there's a good chance that Trump not Biden will pardon Bob "Gold Bar" Menendez and Eric "Jive Turkey" Adams. Although they are both Democrats the fact the Rod Blagojevich was a Democrat didn't stop Trump from commuting his sentence. Eric Adams has already starting metaphorically kissing Donald Trump's fat ass and has even suggested that he could become a Republican. Also keep in mind that Trump doesn't consider corruption to be a crime but rather an acceptable way for the government to operate.
     
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  8. rivergator

    rivergator Too Hot Mod Moderator VIP Member

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    Huh? Every president issues pardons. Did anyone say it's only Trump?
     
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  9. vegasfox

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    Are you okay with the $27 million that flowed to the Biden family from foreign sources?

    Trump could have pardoned a lot of people including himself when he left office in 2021. He didn't because he underestimated the corruption of Democrats.
     
  10. g8orbill

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  11. VAg8r1

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    Most of that flowed to Hunter and maybe some to James who managed to scam Ukrainians and Chinese that they could influence Joe Biden. There is absolutely no evidence that there was a real quid pro quo in which the Ukrainians and Chinese received anything from Joe Biden. In fact one example frequently cited is the payoff that Hunter received from a Chinese source in which he apparently promised to influence "the big guy". Hunter received that payment in 2018 when Joe Biden was out of government and the Republicans held the presidency as well as majorities in the House and Senate. Essentially Hunter managed to con an individual who had no understating of how American government actually works.
     
  12. VAg8r1

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    Actually those Chinese weren't pardoned or granted clemency by Joe Biden. They were sent back to China as part of a prisoner exchange in which Americans being held in China were released in exchange for those Chinese who were held as prisoners in the US.
    Who were the prisoners in US-China swap?
    US and China swap three prisoners each after months of diplomatic efforts
     
  13. g8orbill

    g8orbill Old Gator Moderator VIP Member

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    I don't know - from the article

    The commutations of the Chinese prisoners kicked off Biden’s clemency spree, which continued Dec 1 when he erased his son Hunter's felony tax and gun convictions with a parson. On Thursday, the administration announced commutations for 1,500 individuals and pardons for 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes. Additional pardons and commutations are expected, per the Wall Street Journal.
     
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    Because of the timing the article tried to create the impression that the Chinese were somehow granted clemency. The prisoner swap was a completely unrelated event. There was no granting of clemency.
     
  15. g8orbill

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    i don't know, does not pass the smell test
     
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    So angry. The Godfather... of naps.
     
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    Which would you say was worse, this or Trump freeing 5,000 Taliban fighters?


    The US envoy for peace in Afghanistan has told the BBC he was "not happy about" a controversial deal to release 5,000 Taliban prisoners in order to secure historic peace talks.

    Taliban talks: US peace envoy 'not happy about' release of prisoners
     
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