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BGBD

(3,282 posts)
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 02:50 AM Jan 2021

this pardons list is boring AF

No Tiger King? No Assange? No Snowden? No Trump kids? No Ted Cruz's Dad? No insurrectionist army?

Trump basically pardoned Bannon, an old mayor from Detroit, a guy who stole his own designs for autonomous cars, Lil Wayne, and a bunch of people nobody has ever heard of.

lol, the MAGA guys are mad.

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this pardons list is boring AF (Original Post) BGBD Jan 2021 OP
I'm expecting a surprise pardon tomorrow, right before he loses power: Putin mr_lebowski Jan 2021 #1
True. But I'm not ready to exhale yet... StarfishSaver Jan 2021 #2
+1 /nt spudspud Jan 2021 #3
Yeah BGBD Jan 2021 #4
HE would wait to try to take attention away from Biden JI7 Jan 2021 #5
What's he going to do? BGBD Jan 2021 #8
I suppose it could have been worse. comradebillyboy Jan 2021 #6
He could have silent pardons for himself and family fearnobush Jan 2021 #7
Possible BGBD Jan 2021 #9
I don't know, I found it a bit interesting intrepidity Jan 2021 #10
What about Lou Dobbs?! Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2021 #11
 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
1. I'm expecting a surprise pardon tomorrow, right before he loses power: Putin
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 02:51 AM
Jan 2021

Just as a giant fuck-you, and to try to steal the spotlight.

 

BGBD

(3,282 posts)
4. Yeah
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 02:55 AM
Jan 2021

there could be more.

But I really don't see the benefit of waiting to announce any of them.

That group is leaky, we'd learn about it pretty quickly if there were a big name floating out there. We'd probably already know.

comradebillyboy

(10,143 posts)
6. I suppose it could have been worse.
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 02:59 AM
Jan 2021

I also suppose that a lot of those folks paid good money for their pardons.

fearnobush

(3,960 posts)
7. He could have silent pardons for himself and family
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 03:00 AM
Jan 2021

There’s nothing preventing him from keeping an ace in his hole.

 

BGBD

(3,282 posts)
9. Possible
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 03:06 AM
Jan 2021

but I still don't think that group would be able to keep their mouths shut all night about it. We'd find out.

Somebody would run straight to the press to try to use the info to get a commentator gig.

intrepidity

(7,294 posts)
10. I don't know, I found it a bit interesting
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 03:07 AM
Jan 2021

like the ones convicted of crimes Trump relates to: bank loan application fraud, mortgage application fraud, hell there's even one convicted of a Russian hoax!

The sad ones are the pot convictions, where they've already served for many years or decades. Like no prior President found them worthy of pardons, wtf??

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