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Most of these are people accused of various drug crimes (many nonviolent). As much as I hate Trump, I support that. The worst one was this: Paul Erickson – P
by btilly 6y ago
Most of these are people accused of various drug crimes (many nonviolent).
As much as I hate Trump, I support that.
The worst one was this:
Paul Erickson – President Trump has issued a full pardon to Paul Erikson. This pardon is supported by Kellyanne Conway. Mr. Erickson’s conviction was based off the Russian collusion hoax. After finding no grounds to charge him with any crimes with respect to connections with Russia, he was charged with a minor financial crime. Although the Department of Justice sought a lesser sentence, Mr. Erickson was sentenced to 7 years’ imprisonment—nearly double the Department of Justice’s recommended maximum sentence. This pardon helps right the wrongs of what has been revealed to be perhaps the greatest witch hunt in American History.
Yeah, BS. Trump deserved to lose his Presidency then and there.
I also didn't like the special treatment that Stephen Bannon received. There is another person who deserves to rot in hell.
But my guess is that more than 2/3 of these commutations I support. And it has nothing to do with who commuted them.
- pldr1234 6y agoJust to note - they specifically added those other commutations to elicit your exact reaction: "Some look shady, but it's mostly good".
- cure 6y agoI think you're assuming they are more competent/smarter than they really are.
- btilly 6y agoIt does not take a lot of brains to say, "Every outgoing President does this, you should do the same." And he didn't particularly abuse the power. The record for one day of pardons/commutations is 330, set by Barack Obama on his last day of office. I believe that the record before that was set by Bill Clinton.
- btilly 6y agoI am aware of that. But I was expecting Trump to issue a blank commutation for all "patriots" involved in any way in the Capitol riot. With the purpose of making it harder for legal consequences of the indictment to reach him. For a previous example, Bush Sr commuted the sentence of everyone involved in the Iran-Contra affair which prevented that investigation from potentially reaching him. (Given excerpts of his diary released after he was in office, it seems likely that the investigation would have been able to nail Bush in time.)