Showing posts with label pardon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pardon. Show all posts

Saturday, June 13, 2026

You Will Be Shocked to Learn That Donald Trump Pardoned a Corrupt Politician – Mother Jones

With Donald Trump’s pardon of former Indiana Rep. Steve Buyer over the weekend, he has now pardoned at least 11 former GOP politicians, almost all of them on charges of corruption or somehow violating the public trust...

 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/06/trump-steve-buyer-pardon/


 

Friday, June 12, 2026

Rep. Norma Torres Proposes Ban on Special Treatment for Convicted Drug Traffickers — ProPublica

When Trump pardoned Juan Orlando Hernández, prison officials had the former Honduran president's ICE hold lifted and he was driven to a posh New York hotel. That “can never be allowed to happen ever again,” said Rep. Norma Torres...

 https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-bureau-prisons-pardons-juan-orlando-hernandez-norma-torres


 

Saturday, April 18, 2026

Trump’s pardons are costing shooting survivors millions

Most of that figure is from a single case. Last year, Trump pardoned HDR Global Trading Limited, the owner and operator of the crypto exchange BitMEX, which had been ordered to pay $100m in fines for flouting anti-money laundering laws. Trump issued the pardon, the first for a corporation, just hours before the payment was due. Because the pardon calls for the “remission of any and all fines, penalties, forfeitures, and restitution ordered by the Court”, that $100m will never make it to the Crime Victims Fund...

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/17/trump-pardons-cost-shooting-survivors-millions


 

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Members of Jan. 6 mob sue police who fended off Capitol attack - POLITICO

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, speaking last week at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, pointed to Trump's blanket pardon as evidence of the president's commitment to his base. The audience included a slew of beneficiaries of that pardon, including Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio, who was freed by Trump from a 22-year sentence for seditious conspiracy related to his role in the riot. Tarrio is separately suing the Justice Department, claiming his prosecution was tainted by government misconduct. The Trump administration has opposed his lawsuit and defendant personnel involved in the investigation and prosecution…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/30/jan-6-lawsuit-capitol-police-00850890


 

Joseph Schwartz, Nursing Home Owner Pardoned by Trump, Owes Patient Families Millions — ProPublica

The families of some patients in Schwartz's nursing homes have been awarded millions of dollars from lawsuits. But they haven't been able to collect from him…

 https://www.propublica.org/article/joseph-schwartz-trump-pardon-skyline-nursing-home-patients


 

Friday, March 6, 2026

Pardoned Jan. 6 rioter gets life in prison for child abuse : NPR

Johnson is one of several pardoned Capitol riot defendants who have been arrested for new crimes since receiving clemency for their actions during the 2021 insurrection. Opponents of Trump's mass pardons say the president's actions have instilled a sense of impunity among members of the mob who stormed the Capitol...

https://www.npr.org/2026/03/05/nx-s1-5725470/trump-jan-6-pardon-sexual-abuse-prison 


 

Thursday, February 19, 2026

Ex-Honduran President Hernández Given Special Treatment After Trump Pardon — ProPublica

But when it comes to former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who was tried and convicted in the U.S. in 2024 and sentenced to 45 years in prison for taking bribes and allowing traffickers to export more than 400 tons of cocaine to the U.S., Trump has taken a decidedly softer tone...

 https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-ice-pardon-juan-orlando-hernandez-honduras-prison-special-treatment 









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