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You're nowhere near the most cynical peron here if your first thought wasn't "how long till he gets pardoned"?

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• atmavatar 10mo ago
  My first thought was that the guy was required to pay back less than half of what was stolen. From there, of course, it's a short hop to "he has more than enough money left over to purchase himself a pardon."
  • wombatpm 10mo ago
    Recent reports say the going price is a million
    • perihelions 10mo ago
      https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-presidential-pardon-process-dda97c15 https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-presidential-pardo... ("Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon" / "Lobbyists close to Trump say their going rate to advocate for a pardon is $1 million")
      • wombatpm 10mo ago
        Thanks I knew I saw it somewhere reputable
  • Nevermark 10mo ago
    Well if he wasn't already contributing some percentage to the "right" people ahead of time, and saying the "right" things ("autism, something, something, vaccines, something something, persecution, ..."), he wasn't very good at what he did. Despite the great post-sentencing opportunities for monetary re-justicing, insurance still works better when paid for up front.