"A tabulation by the Harvard Law School professor Jack Goldsmith found that of the 45 pardons or commutations that Mr. Trump had granted up until Tuesday, 88 percent aided someone with a personal tie to the president or furthered his political aims.” https://t.co/iwnRVZ5X3U
— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) December 23, 2020
NEW: Trump pardoned a group of Blackwater personnel convicted of murder, the campaign aide whose actions instigated the Trump-Russia investigation and three former GOP congressmen conicted of felonies.
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) December 23, 2020
The rundown, w/ @joshgersteinhttps://t.co/zL838mCuIO
The Mueller-related pardons are the *least* unjust and offensive of this batch. Crook GOP Congressmen get second place. War criminals who killed civilians are the worst of the whole group.
— Elie Honig (@eliehonig) December 23, 2020
George Mason, delegate to Constitutional Convention, said in 1788 that a President should not be granted power to pardon because he might "pardon crimes which were advised by himself. It may happen, at some future day, that he will establish a monarchy, and destroy the republic."
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) December 23, 2020
There are a lot of unjust pardons, but they’re mostly just gross — liars and grifters, scumbags like Arpaio and D’Souza. But these guys are murderers — 10 men, 2 women and 2 boys, ages 9 and 11, were killed. https://t.co/JDyH3NO1gH
— Tony Fratto (@TonyFratto) December 23, 2020
Many will be wringing their hands about Papadopoulos, but in my view the pardon of the Blackwater employees is the most egregious and disgusting of @realDonaldTrump actions. This was a graven war crime that resulted in the death of 17 Iraqi civilians. Shame on you Mr President. https://t.co/trGAbHu3WB
— Mark Hertling (@MarkHertling) December 23, 2020
Pardon!
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) December 23, 2020
"#Trump grants clemency to 20 people, including three ex-#GOP members of Congress & 2 men convicted in the Russia probe, including George Papadopoulos, a onetime campaign adviser who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI in the probe. https://t.co/U0Cex6sGcq
Sad! 