People are paying to influence the process.
Exclusive: In the final days before President Trump leaves office, some of his allies are collecting fees from wealthy felons to push the White House for pardons, according to documents and interviews with more than three dozen lobbyists and lawyers. https://t.co/hR8SFL4pKL
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 17, 2021
What could be less surprising than Trump grifters putting pardons up for sale in the last days.https://t.co/OaptfucsbJ
— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) January 17, 2021
An emerging market of pardons and access for cash payments has reportedly evolved in the final days of the Trump administration https://t.co/2LcmZ5I4xm
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) January 17, 2021
News: Multiple sources tell me and @jamiegangel WH House counsel Pat Cipollone and former AG Bill Barr have warned @POTUS that they do not believe he should pardon himself. @POTUS has asked about pardoning himself in recent weeks @maggieNYT first reported
— Pamela Brown (@PamelaBrownCNN) January 11, 2021
In 2001, a jury convicted Stephanie Mohr of police brutality after she sicced her police dog on a homeless man as he stood face against a wall with his hands in the air.
— Rebecca Kavanagh (@DrRJKavanagh) December 30, 2020
It didn't make the evening news, but last week, Trump pardoned her for her crime. https://t.co/SuibQD6Xwn
The complete list of Donald Trump’s pardons and commutations https://t.co/E2gynSqkey pic.twitter.com/DZe1DaZ9wC
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) December 25, 2020
This will get lost in shuffle, but Trump also pardoned a former Maryland police officer who had a horrific, and racially tinged, record of ordering her police dog to attack unarmed black & Latino men. https://t.co/oj147yDAT0
— Craig Whitlock (@CraigMWhitlock) December 24, 2020
JUST POSTED: A case study in how to get out of jail–if you are rich and have been convicted of largest Medicare fraud case in US history. Donate money to a charity. Get them to intervene with Trump. Boom. You are free. With @kenvogel & @JesseDrucker https://t.co/LBthFcQeT2
— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) December 24, 2020
“The pardoning of convicted war criminals puts our national security at risk, is contrary to our vaunted American ideals of justice and is an affront to every honorable service member.” https://t.co/BXnXl00zMZ
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) December 24, 2020
Absolutely. The SSCI report makes clear that Trump lied in his written testimony to Mueller about his conversations with Stone. Stone stonewalled Mueller about those conversations, with Trump publicly cheering him on. The commutation and the pardon were the payoffs. https://t.co/A8jsk1ivfz
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) December 24, 2020
Trump is discussing pardons with advisers today but isn’t likely to publicly issue them, several officials say. Expect at least one more slate in the next 65 hours.
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) January 17, 2021
Pardons for sale.
— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) January 17, 2021
Anyone who gives or receives money for a presidential pardon is guilty of bribery, which is a felony.
New York Times: Trump allies have collected tens of thousands of dollars from pardon seekers – CNNPolitics https://t.co/h1dRrTZmO2
Trump weighing a pardon for Steve Bannon https://t.co/1lNMu6gwiu via @politico
— Skeptical Brotha 💛🐝🌈 (@skepticalbrotha) January 18, 2021
Former Baltimore mayor Catherine Pugh, who was convicted of fraud and tax evasion in a scheme involving her children's book series, is asking Trump to commute her three year prison sentence https://t.co/I9cq2gPfcQ
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) January 18, 2021
Sad! 