Keep pearl-clutching, MAGA. Everyone else, just ignore the bad faith wailing and move on. Here are the high-profile pardons and commutations Trump has granted during his presidency cnn.com/2020/12/05/p... - ThreadSky

wajali.bsky.social • 89 days ago

Keep pearl-clutching, MAGA. Everyone else, just ignore the bad faith wailing and move on.

Here are the high-profile pardons and commutations Trump has granted during his presidency

https://cnn.com/2020/12/05/politics/trump-pardons-commutations-list

Comments

sherryll.bsky.social•89 days ago

Some of the ones he pardoned have reoffended to worse crimes.

elayneoforegon.bsky.social•89 days ago

The rapist felon insurrectionist Nazi is an ass stinking hypocrite.

kiwisnowy.bsky.social•89 days ago

Didn’t people buy pardons in Trumps last term?

ouisiem.bsky.social•88 days ago

The Presidential Pardon has outlived its use. It’s become a political football.

logicalpatriot.bsky.social•88 days ago

Can't we be mad at both?

suezq8000.bsky.social•89 days ago

@radiofreetom.bsky.social @gtconway.bsky.social @thebulwark.bsky.social and Trump is gonna do it again for even WORSE people than the previous pardons or hunter Biden get over it. Biden will never be president again so give it a rest

dsg-rr17.bsky.social•89 days ago

MAGAt's aren't the only ones pearl-clutching. Mainstream media is crying too. I was watching ABC and I heard more than once during that 15 mins... "after he repeatedly said he wouldn't pardon Hunter".
They will always hold Biden's feet to the fire while giving convicted criminal Trump a pass.

mdanz.bsky.social•88 days ago

And this little known fact. Immediately went right back to criminal after their charges were commuted. And were found guilty again

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr/federal-jury-convicts-siblings-fraud-defendants-made-tens-millions-dollars-lying-0

kanngre.bsky.social•89 days ago

and Trump pardoned war criminals who murdered civilians

lori3030.bsky.social•89 days ago

Trump pardoned Army 1st Lt. Michael Behanna in May 2018. He drove a detainee into the desert, stripped him naked, interrogated him at gunpoint, then shot him in the head & chest.
He was sentenced to 25 yrs, later reduced to 15 years, & granted parole in 2014 after serving < 5 yrs of his sentence.

lori3030.bsky.social•89 days ago

Trump pardoned Edward Gallagher who was charged in September 2018 with 10 offenses including murder, attempted murder, & other war crimes tied to his deployment to Mosul, Iraq.

He stabbed a wounded 17 y/o POW with a hunting knife, posed with his corpse & sent the photo to his friends.

tadish.bsky.social•89 days ago

Let's not forget the 5000 Taliban terrorists Trump let out of prison.

doug-raleigh.bsky.social•89 days ago

Unlike these misfits, Hunter Biden admitted his wrongdoing. He even wrote about most of it in his book. Trump/MAGA went after destroying Hunter to destroy his father. Sick.

ccb4fo4.bsky.social•89 days ago

The real scandal here is that Biden’s son once incorrectly ticked a tick box on a government form.

So to even things out :-

Trump gets to free hundreds of thugs who tried to violently overthrow democracy at his urging as part of his coup attempt.

freddielloydcase.bsky.social•89 days ago

Dark Brandon meets Indiana Jones

wanderingstill.bsky.social•89 days ago

You seem to miss the point and certainly the damage this will do down the road. He said "no pardon" and yet here it is, a decade of talking points for FOX on both-siderism. This is an epic fail.

junknown.bsky.social•89 days ago

I wish it was just MAGA. I get the initial "whoaaa," but one Rolling Stone writer even compared it to a banana republic. Insane.

egfrank.bsky.social•89 days ago

Trump would pardon Hannibal Lecter if he was real

myviewsmary.bsky.social•88 days ago

Just wait until he pardons all the Insurrectionists.

redback.bsky.social•89 days ago

Trump could keep going after Hunter. The man is a vengeance obsessed maniac. Not normal times.

bluemonalisa.bsky.social•89 days ago

Republicans are just gaslighting bullies

thepinklady.bsky.social•89 days ago

And if I recall correctly, Trump's pardon didn't even follow the proper protocol as far as paperwork was concerned - they went through Kusher.
Wouldn't be surprised if all of Trump's pardon were purchased.

rocketdog3.bsky.social•89 days ago

So? Everyone said he was an *sshole for doing it. Call it both ways then.

sagephoenix666.bsky.social•88 days ago

pardoning kushners dad and making him an ambassador

starrygirlfarm.bsky.social•89 days ago

Trump granted clemency to 140+ individuals during his presidency; many during his final days in office. Trump did not go through the usual pardon process where each person under consideration for clemency was vetted to see if a pardon was merited. No, Trump pardoned his supporters & cronies.

billie25.bsky.social•89 days ago

And some of them have been arrested again! https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-era-pardon-recipients-increasingly-back-legal-jeopardy/story?id=95568587

whitneychick.bsky.social•89 days ago

White-knuckle those pearls, MAGA.
We. Don't. Give. A. Single. Fvck.

pkmb.bsky.social•89 days ago

suemcneel.bsky.social•89 days ago

Facts changed. When facts change a previous commitment is discretionary.

kellyf.bsky.social•89 days ago

One of whom has just been named Ambassador to France in the coming administration.

jennifereccles.bsky.social•89 days ago

"Trump pardoned the father of Jared Kushner, his son-in-law, for tax evasion and retaliating against a cooperating witness."
And now he's made him Ambassador to France!

robert-bose.bsky.social•89 days ago

All pardoned by Trump are scum but one that really sticks out - Trump pardoned a man who murdered a police officer. As soon the pardoned cop killer was released, he went home and strangled his wife. https://www.syracuse.com/news/2024/09/killer-of-syracuse-cop-wallie-howard-set-free-by-trump-faces-possible-return-to-prison.html

blaqueicedcoffee.bsky.social•89 days ago

Exactly!

gas007.bsky.social•89 days ago

it must be understood that EVERYTHING repubs do is performance art

that they don't really believe anything that they say,

that everything is done only to achieve a goal

THEN it all makes sense

otherwise you are just chasing whatever bs they are throwing out today to distract you

lononautagency.bsky.social•89 days ago

When even The Guardian isn’t on your side, you can do better.

https://bsky.app/profile/theguardian.com/post/3lccdru2hgc2y

lononautagency.bsky.social•89 days ago

Yup. No moral difference between GOP and Dems. So logically, you should vote for the party that puts more $ in your pocket and is competent :)

blueskybabs.bsky.social•89 days ago

But let's not forget Hunter was ROASTED for a crime that is usually plead out with a slap on the wrist, for first time offenders with no victims. This pardon was truly deserved.

jennifereccles.bsky.social•89 days ago

"Trump pardoned the father of Jared Kushner, his son-in-law, for tax evasion and retaliating against a cooperating witness.
Trump also used the dog days of his first presidency to pardon the rogues’ gallery of Steve Bannon, Michael Flynn, Paul Manafort and Roger Stone."

diann4kdz.bsky.social•89 days ago

First time reading about ALL of them. These are some nasty people. Murderers, tax cheats, fraud….. here’s the complete list. Not sure I knew about some of them. (And what does “white slave traffic” mean??)

https://www.justice.gov/pardon/pardons-granted-president-donald-j-trump-2017-2021

diann4kdz.bsky.social•89 days ago

allyhartwell.bsky.social•89 days ago

Huh? "Susan B. Anthony: During an Aug 18 event, Trump commemorated the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, the women’s right to vote, by pardoning the women’s rights activist. Anthony was tried and found guilty of voting in the 1872 presidential election before women had the right to vote."