WHAT’S BETTER THAN A PRESIDENTIAL PARDON?
DROPPED CHARGES.
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LOOKING FOR A PARDON, M/O STRATEGIES ($$PAYING FOR YOUR FREEDOM$$)…
PARDONS ARE GREAT, BUT WHAT DO YOU DO IF YOU DON’T HAVE THE $$?
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The largest amount, $960,000, was disclosed last year by Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl for Joseph Schwartz, a nursing home operator who pleaded guilty to a $39 million payroll tax fraud. Schwartz served three months of his three-year sentence before receiving a pardon from Trump.
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Cato Institute (Libertarianism.org): President Trump’s Pardons: An Embarrassment of Riches
- The vetting procedures of the Office of the Pardon Attorney are often sidestepped.
- Trevor Milton—donated $1.8 million to Trump’s campaign before a presidential pardon wiped out all $660 million of his restitution obligations.
- Paul Walczak—after his mother donated $1 million.
- Changpeng Zhao (Binance) brokered a $2 billion investment in Eric and Donald Trump. Jr.’s cryptocurrency business, World Liberty Financial.
A Cato analyst highlighted the risks of political and constitutional crises posed by presidential efforts to pardon state-level election criminals, warning that normalizing such actions could affect future elections.