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Staff working for Giuliani reported that pardons cost $2,000,000.

by Tangurena2 4mo ago

raised_hand 4mo ago
that's it? seems low
- andrewstuart 4mo ago
  Its volume pricing.
- legitster 4mo ago
  It's important to remember that Trump was actually relatively cash poor when he ran for president. If you get rid of all his insane statements about his own wealth, his entire fortune boils down to a skyscraper, a resort, and a handful of piddling licensing deals. His realistic net worth was probably closer to, $500 million and the annual discretionary free cash flow closer to $20 - $40 million. So, yeah. A single $2 million dollar ... erm... "emolument" would be something like 5-10% of his annual cashflow for a year. He might have taken over a 100 of these - that's a substantial boon!
asdff 4mo ago
If it were that cheap Sean Combs would be a free man. They probably increase the expected bribe based on your perceived ability to pay.
- mattbillenstein 4mo ago
  It's probably as much about PR as it is about money - Puffy is a heavy lift on the PR side...
  - masfuerte 4mo ago
    Giuliani was hawking pardons in the final days of Trump's first term. I'd expect that Trump will be much more interested in money than PR in the final days of his second term too. But he might not live that long, which must be excruciating if you're a wealthy crook.
    - mattbillenstein 4mo ago
      Yeah, but he has a lot more money now - grifted literally billions - so I guess more is more, so idk.
- Kapura 4mo ago
  you forget how racist trump is
  - stronglikedan 4mo ago
    [flagged]
    - CyberDildonics 4mo ago
      This is a 5 minute search compared to your zero evidence. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/01/15/opinion/leonhardt-trump-racist.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/01/15/opinion/leonh... https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-trump-racism-election-obama-018824651613 https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-trump-racism-election-... https://www.npr.org/2026/03/27/nx-s1-5763863/hegseth-soldiers-promotions https://www.npr.org/2026/03/27/nx-s1-5763863/hegseth-soldier...
      - nailer 4mo ago
        This is 2 minutes of reading that NY Times piece: - "A former hotel executive said Trump criticized a black accountant" OK, hearsay but OK. - Trump doesn't like crime? Associating that with race makes the NY Times seem very racist. - “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States,” - Islam isn't a race. - Haiti is a shithole. It's not polite to say, but that's why people want to leave. The statement that Haiti isn't desirable has nothing to do with race. - He claimed that the same caravan included “criminals and unknown Middle Easterners.” - and? Caravans from Mexico included a lot of people from unknown countries including some whose governments expouse wanting to kill Americans.
    - Larrikin 4mo ago
      Why do people lie on the Internet? Trump is the most openly racist president in decades
    - ebbi 4mo ago
      Virtually every American president is/was racist. If they weren't, they'd have more care and concern for the innocent lives taken by US created/backed wars/genocides.
- Snafuh 4mo ago
  Apparently his net worth peaked at a billion dollars. And he only got 4 years. By the time a pardon would be arranged, he'd almost be out again. SBF has more than 20 years left.

Staff working for Giuliani reported that pardons cost $2,000,000.

raised_hand 4mo ago

that's it? seems low

andrewstuart 4mo ago
Its volume pricing.
legitster 4mo ago
It's important to remember that Trump was actually relatively cash poor when he ran for president. If you get rid of all his insane statements about his own wealth, his entire fortune boils down to a skyscraper, a resort, and a handful of piddling licensing deals. His realistic net worth was probably closer to, $500 million and the annual discretionary free cash flow closer to $20 - $40 million. So, yeah. A single $2 million dollar ... erm... "emolument" would be something like 5-10% of his annual cashflow for a year. He might have taken over a 100 of these - that's a substantial boon!

asdff 4mo ago

If it were that cheap Sean Combs would be a free man. They probably increase the expected bribe based on your perceived ability to pay.

mattbillenstein 4mo ago
It's probably as much about PR as it is about money - Puffy is a heavy lift on the PR side...
- masfuerte 4mo ago
  Giuliani was hawking pardons in the final days of Trump's first term. I'd expect that Trump will be much more interested in money than PR in the final days of his second term too. But he might not live that long, which must be excruciating if you're a wealthy crook.
  - mattbillenstein 4mo ago
    Yeah, but he has a lot more money now - grifted literally billions - so I guess more is more, so idk.
Kapura 4mo ago
you forget how racist trump is
- stronglikedan 4mo ago
  [flagged]
  - CyberDildonics 4mo ago
    This is a 5 minute search compared to your zero evidence. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/01/15/opinion/leonhardt-trump-racist.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/01/15/opinion/leonh... https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-trump-racism-election-obama-018824651613 https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-trump-racism-election-... https://www.npr.org/2026/03/27/nx-s1-5763863/hegseth-soldiers-promotions https://www.npr.org/2026/03/27/nx-s1-5763863/hegseth-soldier...
    - nailer 4mo ago
      This is 2 minutes of reading that NY Times piece: - "A former hotel executive said Trump criticized a black accountant" OK, hearsay but OK. - Trump doesn't like crime? Associating that with race makes the NY Times seem very racist. - “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States,” - Islam isn't a race. - Haiti is a shithole. It's not polite to say, but that's why people want to leave. The statement that Haiti isn't desirable has nothing to do with race. - He claimed that the same caravan included “criminals and unknown Middle Easterners.” - and? Caravans from Mexico included a lot of people from unknown countries including some whose governments expouse wanting to kill Americans.
  - Larrikin 4mo ago
    Why do people lie on the Internet? Trump is the most openly racist president in decades
  - ebbi 4mo ago
    Virtually every American president is/was racist. If they weren't, they'd have more care and concern for the innocent lives taken by US created/backed wars/genocides.
Snafuh 4mo ago
Apparently his net worth peaked at a billion dollars. And he only got 4 years. By the time a pardon would be arranged, he'd almost be out again. SBF has more than 20 years left.