Trump commutes George Santos’s sentence

[Lesh]

Leonard Peltier (born September 12, 1944) is a Native American activist and member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) who was convicted of murdering two Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents in a June 26, 1975, shooting on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. He was sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment.<a href="Leonard Peltier - Wikipedia"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a><a href="Leonard Peltier - Wikipedia"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a><a href="Leonard Peltier - Wikipedia"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a> Peltier became eligible for parole in 1993.<a href="Leonard Peltier - Wikipedia"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a><a href="Leonard Peltier - Wikipedia"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a>

On January 19, 2025, Peltier's sentence was commuted to indefinite house arrest by President Joe Biden shortly before he left office. On February 18, the date specified by the grant of clemency, Peltier was released and transferred to the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in Belcourt, North Dakota.<a href="Leonard Peltier - Wikipedia"><span>[</span>7<span>]</span></a><a href="Leonard Peltier - Wikipedia"><span>[</span>8<span>]</span></a><a href="Leonard Peltier - Wikipedia"><span>[</span>9<span>]</span></a><a href="Leonard Peltier - Wikipedia"><span>[</span>10<span>]</span></a>

In his 1999 memoir Prison Writings: My Life Is My Sun Dance, Peltier admitted to participating in the shootout but said he did not kill the FBI agents.<a href="Leonard Peltier - Wikipedia"><span>[</span>11<span>]</span></a><a href="Leonard Peltier - Wikipedia"><span>[</span>12<span>]</span></a> However, witnesses say he confessed, including Darlene Ka-Mook Nichols, who testified against him at trial. Human rights watchdogs, such as Amnesty International, and political figures including Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa, and the 14th Dalai Lama, campaigned for clemency for Peltier.<a href="Leonard Peltier - Wikipedia"><span>[</span>13<span>]</span></a><a href="Leonard Peltier - Wikipedia"><span>[</span>14<span>]</span></a>

At the time of the shootout, Peltier was an active member of AIM, an Indigenous rights advocacy group that worked to combat the racism and police brutality experienced by Native Americans.<a href="Leonard Peltier - Wikipedia"><span>[</span>15<span>]</span></a>

You said murderers

That’s plural

Peltier was a controversial conviction. Not unlike the Ruby Ridge people

 

[Hafar1014]

You said murderers

That’s plural

Peltier was a controversial conviction. Not unlike the Ruby Ridge people

One makes the point. Biden also pardoned his entire family

 

[Blaster]

Trump didn't use the autopen.

 

[TimFitz]

All criminals they deserve it remember no one is above the law and paybacks are a ***** baby

Paybacks for what?

So you endorse political persecution.

You might as well admit your facism. It’s in every post.

 

[TimFitz]

That was the auto pens

Democrats sell pardons

Do you do your “thinking” in terms of insipid right wing tropes?

 

[Hafar1014]

Paybacks for what?

So you endorse political persecution.

You might as well admit your facism. It’s in every post.

Invading my country.

 

[TheGreatSatan]

Do you do your “thinking” in terms of insipid right wing tropes?

^^^ thinks Biden was mentally fit for office and calling the shots

 

[TheGreatSatan]

Paybacks for what?

So you endorse political persecution.

You might as well admit your facism. It’s in every post.

Trespassing

 

[Meathead]

He pled guilty to multiple criminal schemes, from fraudulently claiming unemployment benefits and lying on official forms to using his political campaign to enrich himself, swindling money from donors for personal expenses and using one donor’s credit card to steal $11,000 for his personal use spending campaign funds on Botox, designer fashion, cosmetics and OnlyFans purchases.

And BLM gets a pass. **** 'em both.

 

[BackAgain]

I am not sure of the logical or rational basis on which the President agreed to commute the sentence of Santos. If he deserves a commutation, maybe a ton more federal felony-convicted inmates also deserve one.

I say that ^ even as I say that I don’t really give a shit about Santos. His sentence was probably a bit excessive. So, there is some justification for his commutation of sentence. But, to the extent that’s true, others are in the same boat.

 

[justoffal]

I remember Santos kissing Trump’s ass. Looks like that worked out for him

Trump says he has commuted sentence of George Santos in federal fraud case

Former Republican US representative walks free after being sentenced in April to more than seven years in prison for deceiving donors and stealing identities of 11 people

www.theguardian.com

He should consider Menendez....

 

[dudmuck]

Biden pardoned 3000 and some were murderers.

 

[Robert W]

it’s pathetic but also typical to see Trumpsters high diving their fuhrer for rewarding corruption.

Don't claim Biden never pardoned the criminals. He pardoned his son shortly after the judge sentenced his son.

 

[pknopp]

Don't claim Biden never pardoned the criminals. He pardoned his son shortly after the judge sentenced his son.

I condemned it. Just as i condemn this.

Why do so many have no issue with being a hypocrite with no principles?

 

[citygator]

And BLM gets a pass. **** 'em both.

Link me to convicted BLM members accused of felony crimes getting a pardon please.

 

[Meathead]

Link me to convicted BLM members accused of felony crimes getting a pardon please.

I think they'd have to be Bidens.

 

[citygator]

I think they'd have to be Bidens.

Not sure that will suffice to back up your claim that pardoning political criminals is a 'both sides' issue.

 

[Meathead]

Not sure that will suffice to back up your claim that pardoning political criminals is a 'both sides' issue.

When did I claim that? Just pointed out that Biden pardoned almost every adult in his family.

 

[citygator]

When did I claim that. Just pointed out that Biden pardoned almost every adult in his family.

Point taken. At the time I thought that was a bullshit move by Biden. Now with Trump running an enemies list against people I am less critical of him for it. If I was elected the Dem president after Trump, who will likely pardon everyone, I would just deport the entire Trump family. No pardon protects that. The escalation of partisan bullshit Trump caused on Jan 6th is reprehensible and we will be paying for it as a country for a long time.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

A white collar crime with a paltry take of less than $374,000. Commutation was appropriate because the sentence was political.