Trump grants full pardon to George Papadopoulos and others

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

along with many others..

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Trump grants full pardon to Russia probe figure George Papadopoulos

- President Donald Trump granted a full pardon on Tuesday to George Papadopoulos, a former campaign aide who pleaded guilty as part of the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
Trump also pardoned Alex van der Zwaan, 36, the Dutch son-in-law of Russian billionaire German Khan. Van der Zwaan was sentenced to 30 days in prison and fined $20,000 for lying to U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigators about contacts with an official in Trump’s 2016 campaign.

Their names were included in a wave of pre-Christmas pardons announced by the White House. Trump granted full pardons to 15 people, including three former Republican lawmakers, and commuted all or part of the sentences of five others.
Papadopoulos, 33, was an adviser to Trump's 2016 campaign. He pleaded guilty in 2017 to lying to FBI agents about the timing and significance of his contacts with people who claimed to have ties to top Russian officials.
“The defendant’s crime was serious and caused damage to the government’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election,” a sentencing recommendation memo from then-U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller had said.
He served 12 days of a 14-day sentence in federal prison, then was placed on a 12-month supervised release.
The White House said Papadopoulos was charged with "a process-related crime, one count of making false statements," as part of the Mueller probe, which Trump had denounced as a witch hunt.
"Today’s pardon helps correct the wrong that Mueller’s team inflicted on so many people," the White House said.


FORMER LAWMAKERS

Also receiving pardons were three former Republican lawmakers, including former Representative Chris Collins of New York.

Collins, 70, had been the first sitting member of Congress to endorse Trump's candidacy in 2016 and was a strong defender of the president. He won re-election in 2018 but resignd the next year.
"In 2019, Collins pled guilty to the charges of conspiring to commit securities fraud and making false statements to the FBI. Mr. Collins is currently serving his 26-month sentence," the White House said.
Trump also issued a full pardon to former Republican Representative Duncan Hunter of California, 44, who pleaded guilty a year ago to a single count of conspiring to convert campaign funds to personal use, a felony carrying a maximum penalty of five years in prison.
Also pardoned was former Republican Representative Steve Stockman of Texas, 64, who was convicted in 2018 of misuse of charitable funds.
The White House said he had served more than two years of his 10-year sentence and would remain subject to a period of supervised release and an order requiring that he pay more
than $1 million in restitution.
Trump also commuted the remaining term of the supervised release of Crystal Munoz, who was convicted of conspiracy to distribute marijuana.
Munoz spent years in a federal prison in Fort Worth, with Alice Johnson, who was granted clemency by Trump in 2018 in a case championed by reality TV star Kim Kardashian West.

We live in a timeline where criminals are pardoning criminals. Far out.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

The sentences have been served long ago. 14 days, ten days, 30 days. The pardon just takes it off their record.

Duncan Hunter just began serving his 11-month sentence. Stop making stuff up.

I'm sorry you can't read.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

The sentences have been served long ago. 14 days, ten days, 30 days. The pardon just takes it off their record.

Duncan Hunter just began serving his 11-month sentence. Stop making stuff up.

I'm sorry you can't read.

Sorry you have to make up lies to have anything to contribute.

 

[Lesh]

Killers and GOP crooks

Trump Goes On Pardon Spree For GOP Allies, Blackwater Guards

George Papadopoulos and Alex van der Zwaan, figures in the Mueller probe, as well as former Reps. Duncan Hunter and Chris Collins, were granted clemency.

www.huffpost.com

Hey that's the people he cares about...right?

 

[Thinker101]

Killers and GOP crooks

Trump Goes On Pardon Spree For GOP Allies, Blackwater Guards

George Papadopoulos and Alex van der Zwaan, figures in the Mueller probe, as well as former Reps. Duncan Hunter and Chris Collins, were granted clemency.

www.huffpost.com

Hey that's the people he cares about...right?

So you're saying he's following the liberal's rulebook....and you're still whining.

 

[Dogbiscuit]

Killers and GOP crooks


Hey that's the people he cares about...right?

What an extensive list.

Pardons Granted by President Barack Obama (2009-2017)

www.justice.gov

Here is Trumps

Pardons Granted by President Donald Trump

www.justice.gov

 

[Polishprince]

Killers and GOP crooks

Trump Goes On Pardon Spree For GOP Allies, Blackwater Guards

George Papadopoulos and Alex van der Zwaan, figures in the Mueller probe, as well as former Reps. Duncan Hunter and Chris Collins, were granted clemency.

www.huffpost.com

Hey that's the people he cares about...right?

No "killers" there, just friends of the President.

Just like Obama pardoned Bradley Manning and hundreds of Dope Pushers poisoning our cities.

And Clinton pardoned campaign contributor Marc Rich, Cocaine Pusher Roger Clinton who he allegedly smuggled drugs out of Mena Airport with, and the Puerto Rican terrorists to help his old lady's senate campaign.

 

[Synthaholic]

Those accepting these pardons must detail what crime they committed. The Blackwater thugs and crooked Republican politicians can do this easily. But Coffee Boy not so much.

 

[Lesh]

No "killers" there, just friends of the President.

The Blackwater thugs killed like 17 civilians.
In fact one had a fellow contractor point a gun at his head to get him to stop the killing

And Trump's "friends" were convicted crooks...drain the swamp indeed...

 

[Polishprince]

Those accepting these pardons must detail what crime they committed. The Blackwater thugs and crooked Republican politicians can do this easily. But Coffee Boy not so much.

What "blackwater thugs" are you talking about? Blackwater cared about veterans, and hired a lot of honorably discharged veterans, giving them a chance to earn a living in the skills they learned in the military.

Where Obama and Clinton wanted the veterans to live in "tiny houses" and homeless shelter, Erik Prince wanted them to earn a good living.

 

[Synthaholic]

There is danger for trump in these pardons. Once free from prosecution, some could sing. Even in books, for financial gain. Admitting to a cime you have been denying for years also re-opens that investigation, if not of you then the entire issue that you used to not be able to verify, but now that's it's been admitted to that warrant you were denied before may now be approved, etc.

 

[Thinker101]

Killers and GOP crooks

Trump Goes On Pardon Spree For GOP Allies, Blackwater Guards

George Papadopoulos and Alex van der Zwaan, figures in the Mueller probe, as well as former Reps. Duncan Hunter and Chris Collins, were granted clemency.

www.huffpost.com

Hey that's the people he cares about...right?

You obviously haven't been paying attention.

House Democrats Beg AG Barr to 'Release as Many Prisoners as Possible'

New Los Angeles County DA won't be prosecuting much of anything

 

[Flash]

Killers and GOP crooks

Trump Goes On Pardon Spree For GOP Allies, Blackwater Guards

George Papadopoulos and Alex van der Zwaan, figures in the Mueller probe, as well as former Reps. Duncan Hunter and Chris Collins, were granted clemency.

www.huffpost.com

Hey that's the people he cares about...right?

Political prisoners. The Swamp put them there. Trump got them out.

Just remember the assholes that Obama and Clinton pardon. You do remember, don't you? Even cop killers and drug king pins.

At least Slick Willy sold pardons to the hightest bidder. Typically sleazy and in character for him.

 

[Lesh]

The Swamp put them there. Trump got them out.

They fucking CROOKS...convicted crooks. They are quintessential swamp critters.

Of course Trump pardoned them. They're birds of a feather.

 

[Lesh]

There is danger for trump in these pardons. Once free from prosecution, some could sing. Even in books, for financial gain. Admitting to a cime you have been denying for years also re-opens that investigation, if not of you then the entire issue that you used to not be able to verify, but now that's it's been admitted to that warrant you were denied before may now be approved, etc.

Notice he hasn't pardoned Manafort

 

[Synthaholic]

There is danger for trump in these pardons. Once free from prosecution, some could sing. Even in books, for financial gain. Admitting to a cime you have been denying for years also re-opens that investigation, if not of you then the entire issue that you used to not be able to verify, but now that's it's been admitted to that warrant you were denied before may now be approved, etc.

Notice he hasn't pardoned Manafort

Some of the reasoning laid out here applies to most of the people Trump will pardon.
Three Inconvenient Truths about a Hypothetical Trump Pardon for Julian Assange | emptywheel

 

[Lesh]

One of the pardons was for a guy who was the worst Medicaid fraud doctor ever...one BILLION dollars

 

[Issa]

Killers and GOP crooks

Trump Goes On Pardon Spree For GOP Allies, Blackwater Guards

George Papadopoulos and Alex van der Zwaan, figures in the Mueller probe, as well as former Reps. Duncan Hunter and Chris Collins, were granted clemency.

www.huffpost.com

Hey that's the people he cares about...right?

I lived in a third world country for half of my life, the level of corruption in american politics is far worse.

A crooked president that just lost an election shouldn't be allowed to pardon criminals, infact no one should.

 

[Coyote]

Killers and GOP crooks

Trump Goes On Pardon Spree For GOP Allies, Blackwater Guards

George Papadopoulos and Alex van der Zwaan, figures in the Mueller probe, as well as former Reps. Duncan Hunter and Chris Collins, were granted clemency.

www.huffpost.com

Hey that's the people he cares about...right?

Sickening.

I remember all the hoopla over Clinton pardoning his financier crony...This is worse.

 

[Lesh]

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