People Pardoned by Trump Want Banks to Forgive Their Past, Too

[Historic NY]

Bloomberg) -- It’s one thing to be cleared by the president. It’s another to be cleared by the bank.

Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy was pardoned at the end of President Donald Trump’s first term after a conviction for violating a US lobbying law. Yet when he applied for an American Express Co. credit card this year, the lender denied him, citing his criminal history.

“A pardon is not a finding of innocence. It doesn’t in any way mean your conviction was not validly imposed or that you were not guilty of the crime,” said Liz Oyer, who was the Justice Department’s top pardon attorney


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Fk'em

[bucolic_frolic]

1. That walking away from consequences is a great thing, isn't it? /nt

[Emile]

2. Santos's fines, restitution wiped out by Trump

with his pardon.

[Timewas]

3. Actually

Accepting a pardon is generally considered an admission of guilt for the crime, though it forgives the punishment.