Trump Pardons for Sale!

[Luckyone]

President Trump’s Pardons: An Embarrassment of Riches​

Yesterday, I described the final scandal of the Clinton administration: Bill Clinton’s midnight pardon of Marc Rich. If the Rich pardon was a snowflake, then the pardons of President Trump’s second term are a blizzard.

The scope and magnitude of Trump’s second-term pardons are unprecedented. Joe Biden granted 80 pardons in his four-year term, but Trump’s pardons make his predecessor’s look like a drop in the bucket. In the first year of the second Trump administration, the president issued 166 individual pardons, as well as a mass pardon that erased the verdicts of more than 1,500 January 6 Capitol rioters. In other words, even putting aside the rioters’ collective pardon, Trump is now issuing pardons at eight times the rate Biden did. Nonetheless, the fact that a president issues more pardons than his predecessors is not necessarily problematic. The real problem lies in the great number of particular second-term pardons that appear indefensible. Such pardons fall into five categories.



AI Overview

During his second term in office as of May 2026, President Trump has faced significant scrutiny for a "pardon economy" and the commercialization of the presidency through various high-priced products. Critics and investigations highlight a pattern where wealthy individuals, often donors or business allies, receive clemency that wipes out billions in court-ordered debts. Simultaneously, the Trump family has reportedly "pocketed" nearly $1.8 billion in cash and gifts since his 2024 reelection, driven by digital ventures and merchandise sales.

This is breaking (going against) the Constitution:

AI Overview

Presidents are prohibited from profiting off their offices through two specific provisions in the original text of the U.S. Constitution, rather than a single constitutional amendment. These are known as the Emoluments Clauses:

• The Domestic Emoluments Clause (Article II, Section 1, Clause 7): This prevents the president from receiving any money, benefits, or "emoluments" (other than their established salary) from the federal government or any state.
• The Foreign Emoluments Clause (Article I, Section 9, Clause 8): This forbids any person holding a U.S. office of profit or trust from accepting any gifts, payments, titles, or offices from foreign kings, princes, or states without the explicit consent of Congress.

but the reality is this:

 

[Chuz Life]

I'm still not likely to vote for Trump again.

We will see.

How he finishes Iran matters most to me.

 

[Invisibleflash]

President Trump’s Pardons: An Embarrassment of Riches​

Yesterday, I described the final scandal of the Clinton administration: Bill Clinton’s midnight pardon of Marc Rich. If the Rich pardon was a snowflake, then the pardons of President Trump’s second term are a blizzard.

The scope and magnitude of Trump’s second-term pardons are unprecedented. Joe Biden granted 80 pardons in his four-year term, but Trump’s pardons make his predecessor’s look like a drop in the bucket. In the first year of the second Trump administration, the president issued 166 individual pardons, as well as a mass pardon that erased the verdicts of more than 1,500 January 6 Capitol rioters. In other words, even putting aside the rioters’ collective pardon, Trump is now issuing pardons at eight times the rate Biden did. Nonetheless, the fact that a president issues more pardons than his predecessors is not necessarily problematic. The real problem lies in the great number of particular second-term pardons that appear indefensible. Such pardons fall into five categories.



AI Overview

During his second term in office as of May 2026, President Trump has faced significant scrutiny for a "pardon economy" and the commercialization of the presidency through various high-priced products. Critics and investigations highlight a pattern where wealthy individuals, often donors or business allies, receive clemency that wipes out billions in court-ordered debts. Simultaneously, the Trump family has reportedly "pocketed" nearly $1.8 billion in cash and gifts since his 2024 reelection, driven by digital ventures and merchandise sales.

This is breaking (going against) the Constitution:

AI Overview

Presidents are prohibited from profiting off their offices through two specific provisions in the original text of the U.S. Constitution, rather than a single constitutional amendment. These are known as the Emoluments Clauses:

• The Domestic Emoluments Clause (Article II, Section 1, Clause 7): This prevents the president from receiving any money, benefits, or "emoluments" (other than their established salary) from the federal government or any state.
• The Foreign Emoluments Clause (Article I, Section 9, Clause 8): This forbids any person holding a U.S. office of profit or trust from accepting any gifts, payments, titles, or offices from foreign kings, princes, or states without the explicit consent of Congress.

but the reality is this:

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Remember when the reps used to complain about Hunter's $100k paintings? Hunter was a lowlife, low IQ loser when it came to grift...huh! Trump has set the standard for all administrations to come for grift while in office.

 

[LordBrownTrout]

Yawn............................

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

President Trump’s Pardons: An Embarrassment of Riches​

Yesterday, I described the final scandal of the Clinton administration: Bill Clinton’s midnight pardon of Marc Rich. If the Rich pardon was a snowflake, then the pardons of President Trump’s second term are a blizzard.

The scope and magnitude of Trump’s second-term pardons are unprecedented. Joe Biden granted 80 pardons in his four-year term, but Trump’s pardons make his predecessor’s look like a drop in the bucket. In the first year of the second Trump administration, the president issued 166 individual pardons, as well as a mass pardon that erased the verdicts of more than 1,500 January 6 Capitol rioters. In other words, even putting aside the rioters’ collective pardon, Trump is now issuing pardons at eight times the rate Biden did. Nonetheless, the fact that a president issues more pardons than his predecessors is not necessarily problematic. The real problem lies in the great number of particular second-term pardons that appear indefensible. Such pardons fall into five categories.



AI Overview

During his second term in office as of May 2026, President Trump has faced significant scrutiny for a "pardon economy" and the commercialization of the presidency through various high-priced products. Critics and investigations highlight a pattern where wealthy individuals, often donors or business allies, receive clemency that wipes out billions in court-ordered debts. Simultaneously, the Trump family has reportedly "pocketed" nearly $1.8 billion in cash and gifts since his 2024 reelection, driven by digital ventures and merchandise sales.

This is breaking (going against) the Constitution:

AI Overview

Presidents are prohibited from profiting off their offices through two specific provisions in the original text of the U.S. Constitution, rather than a single constitutional amendment. These are known as the Emoluments Clauses:

• The Domestic Emoluments Clause (Article II, Section 1, Clause 7): This prevents the president from receiving any money, benefits, or "emoluments" (other than their established salary) from the federal government or any state.
• The Foreign Emoluments Clause (Article I, Section 9, Clause 8): This forbids any person holding a U.S. office of profit or trust from accepting any gifts, payments, titles, or offices from foreign kings, princes, or states without the explicit consent of Congress.

but the reality is this:

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There’s no limit to Trump’s crimes and corruption.

Not only is Trump issuing pardons to domestic terrorists and insurrectionists who attacked America’s democracy, he’s selling pardons to the undeserving wealthy who have no remorse for their crimes.

 

[Concerned American]

President Trump’s Pardons: An Embarrassment of Riches​

Yesterday, I described the final scandal of the Clinton administration: Bill Clinton’s midnight pardon of Marc Rich. If the Rich pardon was a snowflake, then the pardons of President Trump’s second term are a blizzard.

The scope and magnitude of Trump’s second-term pardons are unprecedented. Joe Biden granted 80 pardons in his four-year term, but Trump’s pardons make his predecessor’s look like a drop in the bucket. In the first year of the second Trump administration, the president issued 166 individual pardons, as well as a mass pardon that erased the verdicts of more than 1,500 January 6 Capitol rioters. In other words, even putting aside the rioters’ collective pardon, Trump is now issuing pardons at eight times the rate Biden did. Nonetheless, the fact that a president issues more pardons than his predecessors is not necessarily problematic. The real problem lies in the great number of particular second-term pardons that appear indefensible. Such pardons fall into five categories.



AI Overview

During his second term in office as of May 2026, President Trump has faced significant scrutiny for a "pardon economy" and the commercialization of the presidency through various high-priced products. Critics and investigations highlight a pattern where wealthy individuals, often donors or business allies, receive clemency that wipes out billions in court-ordered debts. Simultaneously, the Trump family has reportedly "pocketed" nearly $1.8 billion in cash and gifts since his 2024 reelection, driven by digital ventures and merchandise sales.

This is breaking (going against) the Constitution:

AI Overview

Presidents are prohibited from profiting off their offices through two specific provisions in the original text of the U.S. Constitution, rather than a single constitutional amendment. These are known as the Emoluments Clauses:

• The Domestic Emoluments Clause (Article II, Section 1, Clause 7): This prevents the president from receiving any money, benefits, or "emoluments" (other than their established salary) from the federal government or any state.
• The Foreign Emoluments Clause (Article I, Section 9, Clause 8): This forbids any person holding a U.S. office of profit or trust from accepting any gifts, payments, titles, or offices from foreign kings, princes, or states without the explicit consent of Congress.

but the reality is this:

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Joe Biden's Pardons​

Total Pardons Granted​

• Number of Pardons: 80

Total Acts of Clemency​

• Commutations: 4,165
• Total Acts of Clemency: 4,245 (including pardons and commutations)

During his presidency from 2021 to 2025, Joe Biden granted a total of 80 pardons, alongside a significant number of commutations, making his overall clemency actions the highest recorded for any president in recent history.
Pew Research Center Brennan Center for Justice