Rich? Convicted of Pesky Felonies? No Problem! Trump Will Pardon You.

[MontyPython]

"President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday granting a full pardon to Edward DeBartolo Jr., the former owner of the San Francisco 49ers who pleaded guilty to a felony charge for his involvement in a gambling fraud case in Louisiana in the late 1990s, according to White House spokesman Hogan Gidley.

DeBartolo was suspended from the NFL in 1997 and fined $1 million over an extortion case involving then-Louisiana Gov. Edwin W. Edwards. As the star witness, DeBartolo testified that he paid Edwards $400,000 in exchange for his help in securing a riverboat casino license. Edwards was convicted of on racketeering, conspiracy and extortion charges in 2000.

DeBartolo eventually ceded control of the 49ers to his sister, but was still inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2016 for presiding over a team that earned five Super Bowl trophies during the 1980s and ‘90s."


Must be cool to be able to buy "justice", huh? Hurrah for America!

 

[allvol123]

Victimless crime?

 

[McDad]

Meh. Dude got caught doing what everyone else is doing in Louisiana.

Kinda like pointing fingers when other college teams are buying players. We're doing it too.

 

[Boston Vol]

Must be cool to be able to buy "justice", huh? Hurrah for America!

Marc Rich agrees

 

[volfanhill]

In fairness Trumps helped a lot more poor people convicted of crimes then rich people.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...d0daf6-a9a4-11e9-a3a6-ab670962db05_story.html

 

[37L1]

Marc Rich agrees

He'll have to Google that one.

 

[McDad]

In fairness Trumps helped a lot more poor people convicted of crimes then rich people.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...d0daf6-a9a4-11e9-a3a6-ab670962db05_story.html

Monty was on a roll. You shouldn't bring this up.

 

[37L1]

Monty was on a roll. You shouldn't bring this up.

He's particularly screech worthy today.

Wonder what set him off?

 

[C-south]

He's particularly screech worthy today.

Wonder what set him off?

Must’ve received his yearly 401k summary.

 

[FLVOL_79]

He's particularly screech worthy today.

Wonder what set him off?

Typical hatred for America boiling over.

 

[volfanjustin]

LG has some competition for who can start the most dumbass, pointless new threads.

 

[NorthDallas40]

Monty seems especially triggered today

 

[Weezer]

Does Trump have any half brothers he can pardon? Then we can act like he's the first to ever show nepotism.

 

[AirVol]

Monty seems especially triggered today

He’s borrowing LG’s laptop while he’s bathing.

 

[Velo Vol]

 

[LouderVol]

Having issues figuring out what he was facing.

Articles I have read said he has served zero jail time, and had to pay a fee and was on probation for 2 years. 98-00.

Seems like all the punishment was over. Sounds like this is just clearing his record? Which is actually one of the big arguments in the social justice reform theatre. So sounds like Trump is just ahead of the game. What are we pissed off about?

 

[evillawyer]

Expect to see more as the election approaches and Trump sees ways to use the pardon to benefit himself in the election.



Trump appears ‘close to’ freeing Rod Blagojevich from prison years early, commuting the ex-Illinois governor’s 14-year sentence: NYT

 

[C-south]

Only 1900+ more to catch up with Barry.

 

[volinbham]

Merge with other shrieking thread about this

 

[Velo Vol]

OP is wrong. It's not about money, it's about friends and family.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

You couldn't have put this in the "Amateur Hour Continues" thread. You had to make a new thread on this?
Geezus. You think this is something worthy to make a new thread about? Mods....please merge..

 

[evillawyer]

Merge with other shrieking thread about this

But can we keep the pardon-palooza name? I like it.

 

[Mick]

Massachusetts lawmaker arrested on corruption charges - CNNPolitics

A Massachusetts state lawmaker was arrested by federal agents early Tuesday on dozens of corruption charges, some of which involve an alleged misuse of campaign funds, the Boston division of the FBI announced.
Massachusetts State Rep. David Nangle, a Democrat, was arrested at his home in Lowell by agents from the FBI and the Internal Revenue Service, according to a tweet on Tuesday from the Boston FBI.
Nangle, who has served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives since 1999, according to his official biography, represents a part of the state about 40 minutes northwest of Boston. He sits on both the House Committee on Ethics and the House Committee on Rules, as well as the Joint Committee on Rules.

charges of bank fraud, wire fraud, filing false tax returns and lying to a bank.

 

[C-south]

But can we keep the pardon-palooza name? I like it.

Even if it’s factually wrong? Seems like the dim thing to do.

 

[Velo Vol]

A bold move to drain the swamp.