Rumors are that Trump might pardon his old buddy. First of all, he was a corrupt democrat. Caught on tape selling a senate seat. Would anyone care? Should anyone care? What's the motive? Next, why is Trump willing to skirt obstruction charges and mock the special prosecutor with this possible pardon?
Rod Blagojevich......what would you think????
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What’s the motive? ........... I’m going to go with, ...... the ENTERTAINMENT FACTOR of watching another meltdown by the Libs and mainstream media. It doesn’t get much better, or in a word “PRICELESS”.
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He got caught doing what they all do.
Read an article on him about a year ago... painted him in a decent light and highlight how his sentencing was out of line with similar cases.
I agree about the sentence. Commute it and release him. The pardon option seems a little much.
By the end of his presidency on January 20, 2017, Barack Obama had exercised his constitutional power to grant executive clemency—that is, "pardon, commutation of sentence, remission of fine or restitution, and reprieve"—to 1,927 individuals convicted of federal crimes.
Chelsea Manning, a former Army intelligence analyst, may be the best known felon whose sentence was commuted Tuesday by President Obama, but there were several other big names who received a measure of mercy from the Commander-in-Chief — and a notable omission as well.
Puerto Rican nationalist Oscar Lopez, who was serving 55 years in prison for plotting to overthrow the U.S. government and an additional 15 years for conspiring to escape from Leavenworth federal prison, had his sentence commuted. The 74-year-old former leader of the FALN movement will be released by May 17.
Chelsea Manning, a former Army intelligence analyst, may be the best known felon whose sentence was commuted Tuesday by President Obama, but there were several other big names who received a measure of mercy from the Commander-in-Chief — and a notable omission as well.
Puerto Rican nationalist Oscar Lopez, who was serving 55 years in prison for plotting to overthrow the U.S. government and an additional 15 years for conspiring to escape from Leavenworth federal prison, had his sentence commuted. The 74-year-old former leader of the FALN movement will be released by May 17.
Wow! You have some really f’ucked up morals. Cheering on the pardon of a crooked and corrupt politician, rightfully convicted of attempting to sell a political seat to represent the people of this country. Your reasoning skills make you seem like you’re 10 years old.
The original intent of the power of presidential pardons was to grant the POTUS the power to pardon people he or she deemed may have been wrongfully convicted or pardon someone he or she deems has appropriately served their sentence and has been rehabilitated before that sentence was complete. None of these latest pardons or those he is contemplating pardoning fit that description.
This may help explain some of the motive for the pardons.
http://www.waaytv.com/templates/AMP?contentID=484211851
I think we beat up the idiotic Obama pardons didn't we? Or must you continully default to your moronic cut and paste of Obama and Clinton nonsense without ever contributing your own point of view?
Definitely the “entertainment factor”, ........ it’s already working.
So, everyone wants to "drain the swamp" but are OK with pardoning a man who was politically corrupt? Right wingers want Hillary locked up, Obama locked up, for their "corruption".....but are OK with a pardon to this man? Dang.......
That's exactly my thought. And now "everyone does this so it's ok" is being used. Wtf
Marc Rich bought his from the crooked clintons. I guess it's ok if you are a crooked liberal
Don't care no more, as long as we get our way. Isn't that how the game is played?
I just condemned a Democrat for corruption. And you want to call OM an idiot?
Look in the mirror, Jack.
Rod probably didn't deserve the length sentence he got. Neither did Stewart. The sad thing, people in the DC govt rarely get what they deserve when they do bad things. Both sides protect themselves.
I’ve never understood. Whether it’s Bush or Clinton or Obama or Trump. When they start handing out pardons or commutations, is there an objective standard or set of criteria, or is it just more Swamp Juice of handing out political favors and thumbing one’s nose at the opposing party? Is there any check-and-balance on the POTUS’s power to pardon? Seems like there should be a requirement of new, exculpatory evidence. For example, Obama pardoned a traitorous soldier, Trump pardoned a media guy who admitted he was guilty but who writes nice things about Trump, Clinton did a financial buddy a favor, etc. Pretty clear that regardless of who wields it, unbridled power invites abuse.
