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What outdated laws ?

This guy needed to spend more time in prison not on house arrest. This is all really due to the GOP budget B$, Joe is looking to stretch his budget to get the things he wants to get done. I'm not happy with it. Hopefully just clemency which lets him out on parole and the fines and restitution and other impairments remain.

If they had home confinement then it goes to reason, they must also qualify for clemency. See, easy peasy, none of that exhausting research needed. Way to look after your bosses' reputation, you numbskulls.

What kind of authoritarian regime do you think we live in where the President is "our boss"? He is a public servant, not our owner.

It's a cabinet level office. Who do they report to then?

I dont think "your boss" meant you as a poster, but the white house staffers who populated the list of those to pardon. For whom the president definitely is their "boss"

Okay. Sorry if I misunderstood.

cheers Jemanja,

Cel

list and sent it to the WH as vetted and recommended. I doubt Joe went through one by one. Are we seeing the work of a MAGA holdover at DOJ slipping things in to embarrass Joe later?

Ultimately, it's his decision.

This is one action which should be stripped. The people finally actually get a white collar criminal millionaire to jail, and president's commute or forgive them. Crap on this. There are women in jail for murder caused by defending themselves against domestic violence. There are nonviolent drug users in jail due to our racist terror laws on drugs. But these people don't have millions to give campaigns and PACs. So they languish in prison while the rich go free. When did I cross over into the Twilight Zone?!

"Do you have experience stealing money?"

This ain't it.

Everything is to be forgiven! This is the path down which we're headed. I wonder if this clemency is not troll as much as pardon.

and as long as he has no money squirreled away fine by me. his life is ruined.

And he can work at paying back all the money too.

pardons work. The "normal" procedure is the family of a defendant or prisoner petitions the DOJ. The DOJ looks at each case and makes recommendations to the president who then decides on whether to grant the requests. What's abnormal is pardoning all of your buddies and advisors that commited crimes in your name with the promise of a pardon if they got caught. What I would consider acceptable is protecting your own son from what promises to be an overzealous incoming administration that has promised to "get even" with anyone who has crossed them, embarrassed them, participated in investigations into them, or is related to anyone in the previous administration.

He stole $19 million from the government and spent it on private jets, vacation homes, gold bars and diamonds.

What was it about his specific case that made the DOJ recommend commutation and why was it granted?

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That trump will make.

God. He is NOT helping now.

Why

Was he told these 1500 were vetted?

As was said upthread this guy served 6.5 years of a 9 year term. It was a blanket pardon and maybe this one slipped through. So. I'm not ready to board the bash Biden bus.
I do hope the hell he pardons Peltier...

Have you ever tried to read through a list of 1500 names and then additional details? I have. Its not easy, and something will slip your notice, guaranteed.

Yeah no…bad move…

I'm sure none of them went without.

I'm sure Burkhart will spend the rest of his life serving people in need.

I'm.just.so.sure.

Protect the donor class. It seems to be a guiding principle for both parties, sad to say.

who were granted clemency.

We are going to have this thrown in our faces for the next decade, and any time anyone complains about a Trump pardon.

Hunter I can understand- agree with no, but understand

But this shit is pathetic. I am ashamed.