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Hugin

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31. These pardons won't be free...

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Jul 1, 2026, 10:27 AM

3 hrs ago

Each of them will be accompanied by a satchel of cash kicked under the table. That this open graft is rarely acknowledged is an embarrassment for us all.

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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 18 hrs ago OP

the rapists Whip-poor-will 17 hrs ago #1

@ 6 million a pop dweller 17 hrs ago #2

Too low dave99 15 hrs ago #17

He should be able to earn the $5M he owes E. Jean Carroll selling just a few of those. Ocelot II 17 hrs ago #3

I shudder to think of who he might pardon. greatauntoftriplets 17 hrs ago #4

A posthumous pardon of Bernie Madoff - he's more on brand. Ocelot II 17 hrs ago #5

True. greatauntoftriplets 17 hrs ago #6

Ken Lay. He had a heart attack just before he was about to be sentenced. Ocelot II 17 hrs ago #9

Thanks, I'd forgotten that he never was sentenced. greatauntoftriplets 17 hrs ago #13

I never saw the body,did anyone else? Bengus81 3 hrs ago #25

Why *would* you have seen the body? Ocelot II 3 hrs ago #28

Ken Lay dweller 17 hrs ago #10

That's the guy. greatauntoftriplets 17 hrs ago #14

There were several. Do you mean "the smartest guy" in the room? Skilling? efhmc 17 hrs ago #11

I was looking for Ken Lay, but Skilling could be another candidate. greatauntoftriplets 17 hrs ago #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 16 hrs ago #16

Jeffrey Skilling? Walleye 3 hrs ago #27

Or a Medal of Freedom for Charlie and his leadership qualities Bengus81 3 hrs ago #24

We all know he will be making a profit off of this as he does everything. efhmc 17 hrs ago #7

Fantastic, Miles Guo just caught a 30 year sentence!! Leghorn21 17 hrs ago #8

Seedy pardons usually don't come until the end of a President's term.... Mark.b2 17 hrs ago #12

Sounds like 250 million in bribes to me... JT45242 15 hrs ago #18

Trump the Transactional... Hugin 3 hrs ago #32

Mad King Don Bristlecone 15 hrs ago #19

Hoping that the Ghislaine Maxwell pardon will go unnoticed among all those other ones, eh Trump? LudwigPastorius 13 hrs ago #20

I suspect she will have an 'accident' when she is released. travelingthrulife 4 hrs ago #23

250 won't be quite enough--- there are more Republicans in Congress than that!! Jack Valentino 9 hrs ago #21

More of his fellow criminals being let out of jail. travelingthrulife 4 hrs ago #22

Among the 250 - Ghislaine Blues Heron 3 hrs ago #26

More Like "Trump The Venal" DrFunkenstein 3 hrs ago #29

Bankman-Fried WILL get a pardon in due time from Trump Bengus81 3 hrs ago #30

These pardons won't be free... Hugin 3 hrs ago #31

and trumps wealth increases by 250 million dollars. republianmushroom 2 hrs ago #33

He'd pardon Warren Jeffs if he could, but he can't. Jeffs' convictions are all for state (Texas) crimes. PSPS 1 hr ago #34