candycorn
Diamond Member
It looks like Trump envoked the autopen to pardon former MLB star Darryl Strawberrry. Strawberry was convicted of tax evasion in the 90's and got the typical slap on the wrist of 6 months home confinement and 2 years probation. As someone who made money in multiple states and incurred expenses in those states, I can empathize with someone having an issue with the IRS--let me put it that way....
But for whatever reason, the busiest man in the world took time out of his schedule to pardon Straw even though the sentence was from the last century. He, however, used the Autopen or something similar to it.
The AP reports the following:
"The Justice Department posted pardons online bearing identical copies of President Donald Trump’s signature before quietly correcting them this week after what the agency called a “technical error.”
The replacements came after online commenters seized on striking similarities in the president’s signature across a series of pardons dated Nov. 7, including those granted to former New York Mets player Darryl Strawberry, former Tennessee House speaker Glen Casada and former New York police sergeant Michael McMahon. In fact, the signatures on several pardons initially uploaded to the Justice Department’s website were identical, two forensic document experts confirmed to The Associated Press."
Full story here:
apnews.com
The administration "blamed “technical” and staffing issues for the error, which has no bearing on the validity of the clemency actions.". You've just got to laugh at these guys don't you?
But for whatever reason, the busiest man in the world took time out of his schedule to pardon Straw even though the sentence was from the last century. He, however, used the Autopen or something similar to it.
The AP reports the following:
"The Justice Department posted pardons online bearing identical copies of President Donald Trump’s signature before quietly correcting them this week after what the agency called a “technical error.”
The replacements came after online commenters seized on striking similarities in the president’s signature across a series of pardons dated Nov. 7, including those granted to former New York Mets player Darryl Strawberry, former Tennessee House speaker Glen Casada and former New York police sergeant Michael McMahon. In fact, the signatures on several pardons initially uploaded to the Justice Department’s website were identical, two forensic document experts confirmed to The Associated Press."
Full story here:
Justice Department quietly replaced 'identical' Trump signatures on recent pardons
President Donald Trump is facing new scrutiny over the use of a replicated signature on several recent pardons.
apnews.com
The administration "blamed “technical” and staffing issues for the error, which has no bearing on the validity of the clemency actions.". You've just got to laugh at these guys don't you?
