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David Boyle

(700 posts) Thu Dec 19, 2024, 12:58 PM Dec 19

NY governor: Trump would need to show remorse for hush money pardon

Source: The Hill

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) said President-elect Trump would need to show remorse if he wanted to receive a pardon for his conviction in his hush money case.

“There is a pardoning process in the state of New York. It is lengthy,” Hochul said Wednesday at an unrelated news conference. “It requires a couple of elements. One is remorse.”

Hochul said everyone will be treated fairly in her pardoning process.

“No one will be treated any better, or any worse, by me when I make those life altering decisions as we’re looking at petitions that are coming in throughout the year,” she said. “So, no one gets extra favors, no one gets treated worse.”

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5048770-hochul-trump-pardon-hush-money-case/

At this link, you can tell her what you think of pardoning Trump:

https://www.governor.ny.gov/content/governor-contact-form

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NY governor: Trump would need to show remorse for hush money pardon (Original Post) David Boyle Dec 19 OP

Waving the white flag? David Boyle Dec 19 #1

Hochul has been an absolute disgrace. Basso8vb Dec 19 #2

Oh well... David Boyle Dec 19 #3

OMG she had not better issue him a pardon. onetexan Dec 19 #24

Pray... David Boyle Dec 19 #25

That would mean he'd have to admit he's wrong. He's incapable of that, and she knows it. n/t Dennis Donovan Dec 19 #4

Jiu-jitsu David Boyle Dec 19 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 19 #6

"Highway to Hell" David Boyle Dec 19 #8

You really think he'd do that? Guy is a stark raving psychopath. Initech Dec 19 #7

I may've meant her David Boyle Dec 19 #9

Ridiculous. If "remorse" earned a pardon, then our jails would be half-empty. n/t malthaussen Dec 19 #10

Yes David Boyle Dec 19 #11

A jury found him guilty and convicted him on 34 counts but if he's sorry.. Deuxcents Dec 19 #12

Sad! David Boyle Dec 19 #13

Don't pardon him. Shouldn't even comment that it could be a possibility. Solly Mack Dec 19 #14

Yes, she shouldn't have mentioned even the possibility David Boyle Dec 19 #32

Great answer because, bluestarone Dec 19 #15

But has HE ever read a book? David Boyle Dec 19 #33

Has this woman ever met Donald Trump? Ray Bruns Dec 19 #16

I hope not! David Boyle Dec 19 #34

show remorse like he shows respect? Marthe48 Dec 19 #17

Heh heh - "Donald Trump Shows Remorse - The Reality Show" David Boyle Dec 19 #35

It's way past time... Escape Dec 19 #18

Chump has never suffered any consequences for his actions, except for that one time FakeNoose Dec 19 #19

"Donnie T: Juvenile Delinquent" David Boyle Dec 19 #39

Yes, and New York let his lifetime of crime go unpunished. travelingthrulife Dec 20 #44

"New York, New York"..."My Way" David Boyle Dec 20 #45

Interesting idea David Boyle Dec 19 #37

How can you show remorse when you've been perfect your entire life? HereForTheParty Dec 19 #20

Uh; ya David Boyle Dec 19 #26

Trump? Remorseful? I'll win a 50 billion dollar Megamillion lottery first before that will happen. cstanleytech Dec 19 #21

Trump with remorse David Boyle Dec 19 #27

Do not pardon that beast. Ever! nt City Lights Dec 19 #22

But is he The Beast 666 David Boyle Dec 19 #28

The convicted felon, can't show he is remorseful, because he is not. republianmushroom Dec 19 #23

Hochul's Head David Boyle Dec 19 #29

Scary that she's even considering it, sounds like she wants to do it, remorse is a pretty flexible concept Blues Heron Dec 19 #30

Hope it's not financial... David Boyle Dec 19 #31

Remorse...... electric_blue68 Dec 19 #36

It could get Trump the Oscar David Boyle Dec 19 #38

Why the FUCK choie Dec 20 #40

Beats me David Boyle Dec 20 #41

Just wrote to her. Thanks for the link. GoneOffShore Dec 20 #42

Any time! David Boyle Dec 20 #43

Terrible to even discuss it, why is she? Meowmee Dec 21 #46

Maybe homegirl LOST HER MIND David Boyle Dec 21 #47

Yes there seems to be a lot of that going around with some D lately... 😳 Meowmee Dec 21 #48

Maybe they'll eat their spinach and come out fighting David Boyle Dec 22 #49

Some other recent Hochul pardons David Boyle Dec 30 #50

She better not pardon him kimbutgar Dec 30 #51

I think she would David Boyle Dec 30 #53

Remorse?!! HAHAHAHAHAAAAAA! electric_blue68 Dec 30 #52

Oh, you live there David Boyle Dec 30 #55

Born and raised here for 50 years, and still haven't gone to see the ball drop Polybius Dec 30 #57

Hope you get to see it drop sometime David Boyle Dec 31 #58

Once you fake sincerity, you've got it made. keithbvadu2 Dec 30 #54

Often attributed to George Burns David Boyle Dec 30 #56

David Boyle

(700 posts)

1. Waving the white flag?

Reply to David Boyle (Original post)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 12:59 PM

Dec 19

Basso8vb

(515 posts)

2. Hochul has been an absolute disgrace.

Reply to David Boyle (Original post)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 01:01 PM

Dec 19

David Boyle

(700 posts)

3. Oh well...

Reply to Basso8vb (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 01:02 PM

Dec 19

onetexan

(13,913 posts)

24. OMG she had not better issue him a pardon.

Reply to Basso8vb (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 06:49 PM

Dec 19

David Boyle

(700 posts)

25. Pray...

Reply to onetexan (Reply #24)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 08:16 PM

Dec 19

And write the address I gave!

Dennis Donovan

(27,990 posts)

4. That would mean he'd have to admit he's wrong. He's incapable of that, and she knows it. n/t

Reply to David Boyle (Original post)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 01:03 PM

Dec 19

David Boyle

(700 posts)

5. Jiu-jitsu

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Reply #4)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 01:03 PM

Dec 19

, maybe...

Response to David Boyle (Original post)

Chin music This message was self-deleted by its author.

David Boyle

(700 posts)

8. "Highway to Hell"

Reply to Chin music (Reply #6)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 01:09 PM

Dec 19

Initech

(102,779 posts)

7. You really think he'd do that? Guy is a stark raving psychopath.

Reply to David Boyle (Original post)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 01:04 PM

Dec 19

David Boyle

(700 posts)

9. I may've meant her

Reply to Initech (Reply #7)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 01:09 PM

Dec 19

malthaussen

(17,810 posts)

10. Ridiculous. If "remorse" earned a pardon, then our jails would be half-empty. n/t

Reply to David Boyle (Original post)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 01:23 PM

Dec 19

David Boyle

(700 posts)

11. Yes

Reply to malthaussen (Reply #10)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 01:25 PM

Dec 19

Deuxcents

(20,367 posts)

12. A jury found him guilty and convicted him on 34 counts but if he's sorry..

Reply to David Boyle (Original post)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 01:44 PM

Dec 19

Treating him just like everyone else and no extra favors? No one is above the law except TSF.

David Boyle

(700 posts)

13. Sad!

Reply to Deuxcents (Reply #12)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 01:58 PM

Dec 19

Solly Mack

(93,312 posts)

14. Don't pardon him. Shouldn't even comment that it could be a possibility.

Reply to David Boyle (Original post)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 02:00 PM

Dec 19

Damn, people.

Stand the fuck up.

David Boyle

(700 posts)

32. Yes, she shouldn't have mentioned even the possibility

Reply to Solly Mack (Reply #14)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 11:49 PM

Dec 19

bluestarone

(18,459 posts)

15. Great answer because,

Reply to David Boyle (Original post)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 02:05 PM

Dec 19

She knows him like a book! This will never happen.

David Boyle

(700 posts)

33. But has HE ever read a book?

Reply to bluestarone (Reply #15)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 11:50 PM

Dec 19

Ray Bruns

(4,781 posts)

16. Has this woman ever met Donald Trump?

Reply to David Boyle (Original post)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 02:11 PM

Dec 19

David Boyle

(700 posts)

34. I hope not!

Reply to Ray Bruns (Reply #16)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 11:51 PM

Dec 19

Who'd want to meet him?

Marthe48

(19,583 posts)

17. show remorse like he shows respect?

Reply to David Boyle (Original post)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 02:18 PM

Dec 19

Like he showed respect to
his dead wife?
women?
blacks?
minorities?
the Bible?
the oath he took?
the Constitution of the U.S.A. ?

Maybe if he could charge for watching.

David Boyle

(700 posts)

35. Heh heh - "Donald Trump Shows Remorse - The Reality Show"

Reply to Marthe48 (Reply #17)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 11:52 PM

Dec 19

Escape

(80 posts)

18. It's way past time...

Reply to David Boyle (Original post)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 03:04 PM

Dec 19

to re-evaluate the pardon system in this country and make drastic changes.

Neither presidents nor governors should hold the sole power of pardoning anyone, anytime. Those decisions should be made by a bipartisan board of criminality experts and psychologists.

As it stands now, Trump can (and will) instruct his moronic minions to break whatever laws are necessary, for his benefit and pleasure, with the promise of a full pardon assured.

FakeNoose

(36,169 posts)

19. Chump has never suffered any consequences for his actions, except for that one time

Reply to Escape (Reply #18)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 04:48 PM

Dec 19

His parents put him in a military school for 9th thru 12th grades because his behavior was so bad at home and he was expelled from his private elite high school in Queens. The strict military training actually did seem to improve his behavior for a few years, according to his biographers. But that was the one and only time.

David Boyle

(700 posts)

39. "Donnie T: Juvenile Delinquent"

Reply to FakeNoose (Reply #19)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 11:56 PM

Dec 19

"Jump Street", eat your heart out.

travelingthrulife

(1,083 posts)

44. Yes, and New York let his lifetime of crime go unpunished.

Reply to FakeNoose (Reply #19)

Fri Dec 20, 2024, 09:58 AM

Dec 20

David Boyle

(700 posts)

45. "New York, New York"..."My Way"

Reply to travelingthrulife (Reply #44)

Fri Dec 20, 2024, 01:46 PM

Dec 20

If you thought Sinatra was a mobbed-up rough guy, some think Trump is worse...

David Boyle

(700 posts)

37. Interesting idea

Reply to Escape (Reply #18)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 11:53 PM

Dec 19

At least maybe the board could give recommendations?

HereForTheParty

(383 posts)

20. How can you show remorse when you've been perfect your entire life?

Reply to David Boyle (Original post)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 05:02 PM

Dec 19

David Boyle

(700 posts)

26. Uh; ya

Reply to HereForTheParty (Reply #20)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 08:17 PM

Dec 19

cstanleytech

(27,230 posts)

21. Trump? Remorseful? I'll win a 50 billion dollar Megamillion lottery first before that will happen.

Reply to David Boyle (Original post)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 05:27 PM

Dec 19

David Boyle

(700 posts)

27. Trump with remorse

Reply to cstanleytech (Reply #21)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 08:17 PM

Dec 19

is like a day without sunshine. Or something.

City Lights

(25,473 posts)

22. Do not pardon that beast. Ever! nt

Reply to David Boyle (Original post)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 05:50 PM

Dec 19

David Boyle

(700 posts)

28. But is he The Beast 666

Reply to City Lights (Reply #22)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 08:18 PM

Dec 19

You never know!

republianmushroom

(18,371 posts)

23. The convicted felon, can't show he is remorseful, because he is not.

Reply to David Boyle (Original post)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 06:02 PM

Dec 19

The only thing the convicted felon is remorseful about, is, he got caught and didn't get away with it.

Where's you head Gov. Hochul ?

David Boyle

(700 posts)

29. Hochul's Head

Reply to republianmushroom (Reply #23)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 08:18 PM

Dec 19

There was a sitcom, "Herman's Head", when I was younger...

Blues Heron

(6,253 posts)

30. Scary that she's even considering it, sounds like she wants to do it, remorse is a pretty flexible concept

Reply to David Boyle (Original post)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 08:43 PM

Dec 19

She could easily say she “feels” he’s sorry or something. Wonder what kind of pressure she’s getting to do it.

David Boyle

(700 posts)

31. Hope it's not financial...

Reply to Blues Heron (Reply #30)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 10:21 PM

Dec 19

electric_blue68

(19,108 posts)

36. Remorse......

Reply to David Boyle (Original post)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 11:52 PM

Dec 19

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!

David Boyle

(700 posts)

38. It could get Trump the Oscar

Reply to electric_blue68 (Reply #36)

Thu Dec 19, 2024, 11:54 PM

Dec 19

SUPERSTAR!!

choie

(4,758 posts)

40. Why the FUCK

Reply to David Boyle (Original post)

Fri Dec 20, 2024, 12:29 AM

Dec 20

Is Hochul even talking about this?

David Boyle

(700 posts)

41. Beats me

Reply to choie (Reply #40)

Fri Dec 20, 2024, 02:17 AM

Dec 20

GoneOffShore

(17,657 posts)

42. Just wrote to her. Thanks for the link.

Reply to David Boyle (Original post)

Fri Dec 20, 2024, 07:10 AM

Dec 20

David Boyle

(700 posts)

43. Any time!

Reply to GoneOffShore (Reply #42)

Fri Dec 20, 2024, 09:37 AM

Dec 20

Meowmee

(6,467 posts)

46. Terrible to even discuss it, why is she?

Reply to David Boyle (Original post)

Sat Dec 21, 2024, 04:35 AM

Dec 21

David Boyle

(700 posts)

47. Maybe homegirl LOST HER MIND

Reply to Meowmee (Reply #46)

Sat Dec 21, 2024, 06:46 AM

Dec 21

Meowmee

(6,467 posts)

48. Yes there seems to be a lot of that going around with some D lately... 😳

Reply to David Boyle (Reply #47)

Sat Dec 21, 2024, 10:25 PM

Dec 21

David Boyle

(700 posts)

49. Maybe they'll eat their spinach and come out fighting

Reply to Meowmee (Reply #48)

Sun Dec 22, 2024, 05:56 AM

Dec 22

Worked for Popeye!

David Boyle

(700 posts)

50. Some other recent Hochul pardons

Reply to David Boyle (Original post)

Mon Dec 30, 2024, 09:06 PM

Dec 30

December 20, 2024, https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-grants-clemency-22-individuals :

"The individuals granted pardons today have all lived crime-free lives for over a decade – and in many cases several decades – and have demonstrated positive contributions to their communities."

Trump may go a while before meeting those criteria...