The Guardian: Trump says in social media post he plans to pardon the late Pete Rose

[Dennis Donovan]

The Guardian - Trump says in social media post he plans to pardon the late Pete Rose

• US president says he will issue ‘complete PARDON’
• Career hits leader was given lifetime ban from baseball



US president Donald Trump says he plans to issue “a complete PARDON of Pete Rose”, baseball’s late career hits leader who was banned from MLB and the Hall of Fame for sports betting.

Trump posted on Truth Social on Friday night to say Rose, who died in September at 83, “shouldn’t have been gambling on baseball, but only bet on HIS TEAM WINNING”.

Trump did not specifically mention Rose’s tax case in which Rose pleaded guilty in 1990 to two counts of filing false tax returns and served a five-month prison sentence.

The president said he would sign a pardon for Rose “over the next few weeks”.

MLB and Rose agreed to a permanent ban in 1989 after an investigation determined he had bet on games involving the Cincinnati Reds from 1985-87 while playing for and managing the team. The Hall of Fame board of directors in 1991 adopted a rule preventing people on the permanently ineligible list from appearing on the hall ballot.

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[Joinfortmill]

1. Ok.

[GreenWave]

2. You "bet" he will.

[cyclonefence]

3. What federal crime was Pete Rose convicted of?

Other than the law against stupid haircuts, I mean. And I think even there he was only indicted, never convicted (something about the Beatles).

[lastlib]

4. He pleaded guilty to filing false tax returns.

Served five months in prison.

[Irish_Dem]

5. Pardon all the criminals.

People who follow the law are just suckers and losers.

[bluedigger]

6. He does know Pete is unavailable to run the IRS, right?

I think Wesley Snipes is available, though.

[kacekwl]

7. Who cares ? Maybe

if every fart out of his mouth wasn't reported as breaking news.