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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGOP Giving Out Pardons. Now we know.
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GOP Giving Out Pardons. Now we know. (Original Post)
eppur_se_muova
Feb 2020
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mahina
(17,652 posts)1. Giving or selling?
Theres a story there.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)2. You beat me, selling for sure.
https://theweek.com/speedreads/896605/family-1-new-trump-pardon-recipient-donated-200000-trumps-reelection-effort-last-fall
or those who didn't receive the Fox News treatment, it appears that in at least one case, cold hard cash did the talking," Baragona and Suebsaeng report. "Paul Pogue, a construction company owner who pleaded guilty to underpaying his taxes by $473,000 and received three years probation, was issued a full pardon and clemency by the president" after his son, Ben Pogue, and Ben's wife, Ashleigh, contributed more than $200,000 to the Trump Victory Committee since last August, plus more to the Republican National Committee and Donald Trump for President Inc. One advocate for Pogue's pardon, CNN contributor and former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), also received a rare $5,700 campaign contribution from Ben and Ashleigh Pogue in 2016.
or those who didn't receive the Fox News treatment, it appears that in at least one case, cold hard cash did the talking," Baragona and Suebsaeng report. "Paul Pogue, a construction company owner who pleaded guilty to underpaying his taxes by $473,000 and received three years probation, was issued a full pardon and clemency by the president" after his son, Ben Pogue, and Ben's wife, Ashleigh, contributed more than $200,000 to the Trump Victory Committee since last August, plus more to the Republican National Committee and Donald Trump for President Inc. One advocate for Pogue's pardon, CNN contributor and former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), also received a rare $5,700 campaign contribution from Ben and Ashleigh Pogue in 2016.
MagickMuffin
(15,938 posts)5. Quid Pro Quo: You Get A Quid Pro Quo & You Get A Quid Pro Quo
And the Beat Goes On, And the Beat Goes On!
Tanuki
(14,918 posts)4. Selling indulgences.
bdamomma
(63,849 posts)6. hey
maybe we shouldn't file our taxes, cause these fucking white collar criminals are getting away with their crimes.
bluestarone
(16,935 posts)7. MONEY is everything to THESE assholes!
ALL RETHUGS!!!