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@nonameiguess I agree on the pardon buying, the reason why I started looking into building this was because of a video by Liz Oyer, who pointed out all the rest
by vidluther 6mo ago
@nonameiguess I agree on the pardon buying, the reason why I started looking into building this was because of a video by Liz Oyer, who pointed out all the restitution and fines that were being forgiven under Trump.
That's kind of how I came upon the name for the site, I wanted to see if there is any truth to the rumors that people are selling and buying pardons. In order to investigate that, we needed a set of data to start from, in a manner that was easily queryable as opposed to what's on the DOJ website.
- justin66 6mo agoThe next step would be to dig into how much money is spent lobbying for pardons. https://campaignlegal.org/update/inside-pardon-playbook-analysis-president-trumps-clemency-abuses#:~:text=In%202025%2C%20lobbying%20firms%20reported,consistently%20disclosed%20on%20lobbying%20reports. https://campaignlegal.org/update/inside-pardon-playbook-anal... I'm pretty new to this particular issue so I don't have a ton to offer. It's really interesting, though. Nice site, by the way.