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And he may not be worthless to you - if you're also a lowlife.
Trump has favored a number of fellow convicted felons.
A typical example:
In early April, Elizabeth Fago attended a $1 million per person Trump fund-raiser at Mar-a-Lago. On April 23, Trump signed a full pardon for her son, Paul Walczak, a nursing home executive.
Walczak had pleaded guilty to failing to pay the I.R.S. $7.4 million in taxes withheld from his employees’ paychecks. According to the Department of Justice, he used the money to buy a yacht and make “personal purchases at retailers such as Bergdorf Goodman, Cartier and Saks. During this same time, he also did not pay $3,480,111 of his business’s portion of his employees’ Social Security and Medicare taxes.”
The pardon saved Walczak from serving an 18-month prison sentence and paying $4.38 million in restitution.
In the Trump administration, contributing money to his campaign, to his inauguration or to a special Trump project such as the East Wing ballroom appears to be one of the factors qualifying convicted criminals for special treatment when seeking a presidential pardon.
Trump has favored a number of fellow convicted felons.
A typical example:
In early April, Elizabeth Fago attended a $1 million per person Trump fund-raiser at Mar-a-Lago. On April 23, Trump signed a full pardon for her son, Paul Walczak, a nursing home executive.
Walczak had pleaded guilty to failing to pay the I.R.S. $7.4 million in taxes withheld from his employees’ paychecks. According to the Department of Justice, he used the money to buy a yacht and make “personal purchases at retailers such as Bergdorf Goodman, Cartier and Saks. During this same time, he also did not pay $3,480,111 of his business’s portion of his employees’ Social Security and Medicare taxes.”
The pardon saved Walczak from serving an 18-month prison sentence and paying $4.38 million in restitution.
In the Trump administration, contributing money to his campaign, to his inauguration or to a special Trump project such as the East Wing ballroom appears to be one of the factors qualifying convicted criminals for special treatment when seeking a presidential pardon.
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