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Bengus81

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30. Bankman-Fried WILL get a pardon in due time from Trump

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Jul 1, 2026, 10:17 AM

12 hrs ago

No question that Trump is in total envy by how Bankman so easily STOLE $8 BILLION in deposits people had in his phony ass "exchange".

He will be released by Trump from his 25 year sentence that as of March 2026 he's done only two years.

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White House weighs '250 pardons for 250 years' in new wave of clemency to mark America's birthday: report [View all] BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP

the rapists Whip-poor-will Yesterday #1

@ 6 million a pop dweller Yesterday #2

Too low dave99 Yesterday #17

He should be able to earn the $5M he owes E. Jean Carroll selling just a few of those. Ocelot II Yesterday #3

I shudder to think of who he might pardon. greatauntoftriplets Yesterday #4

A posthumous pardon of Bernie Madoff - he's more on brand. Ocelot II Yesterday #5

True. greatauntoftriplets Yesterday #6

Ken Lay. He had a heart attack just before he was about to be sentenced. Ocelot II Yesterday #9

Thanks, I'd forgotten that he never was sentenced. greatauntoftriplets Yesterday #13

I never saw the body,did anyone else? Bengus81 13 hrs ago #25

Why *would* you have seen the body? Ocelot II 13 hrs ago #28

Ken Lay dweller Yesterday #10

That's the guy. greatauntoftriplets Yesterday #14

There were several. Do you mean "the smartest guy" in the room? Skilling? efhmc Yesterday #11

I was looking for Ken Lay, but Skilling could be another candidate. greatauntoftriplets Yesterday #15

He actually spent 12 years in Federal Prison and now lives "a private life" in Houston. Try to start a business but it efhmc Yesterday #16

Jeffrey Skilling? Walleye 13 hrs ago #27

Or a Medal of Freedom for Charlie and his leadership qualities Bengus81 13 hrs ago #24

We all know he will be making a profit off of this as he does everything. efhmc Yesterday #7

Fantastic, Miles Guo just caught a 30 year sentence!! Leghorn21 Yesterday #8

Seedy pardons usually don't come until the end of a President's term.... Mark.b2 Yesterday #12

Sounds like 250 million in bribes to me... JT45242 Yesterday #18

Trump the Transactional... Hugin 12 hrs ago #32

Mad King Don Bristlecone Yesterday #19

Hoping that the Ghislaine Maxwell pardon will go unnoticed among all those other ones, eh Trump? LudwigPastorius 23 hrs ago #20

I suspect she will have an 'accident' when she is released. travelingthrulife 13 hrs ago #23

250 won't be quite enough--- there are more Republicans in Congress than that!! Jack Valentino 18 hrs ago #21

More of his fellow criminals being let out of jail. travelingthrulife 13 hrs ago #22

Among the 250 - Ghislaine Blues Heron 13 hrs ago #26

More Like "Trump The Venal" DrFunkenstein 12 hrs ago #29

Bankman-Fried WILL get a pardon in due time from Trump Bengus81 12 hrs ago #30

These pardons won't be free... Hugin 12 hrs ago #31

and trumps wealth increases by 250 million dollars. republianmushroom 11 hrs ago #33

He'd pardon Warren Jeffs if he could, but he can't. Jeffs' convictions are all for state (Texas) crimes. PSPS 10 hrs ago #34

Paxton can probably get him released for the right price. Grifters will grift. madinmaryland 6 hrs ago #35

So he gets Abbott to do it for him, just like in Colorado Bengus81 5 hrs ago #37

Not the Onion? This would be a effing national disgrace. pecosbob 5 hrs ago #36