I guess that’s one way to strike back at Google.
I’m thinking that’s a big driver? Google must be pissed.
But correct me if I’m wrong this has no impact on civil suits? So he’s still on the hook for any damages.
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#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
... or maybe they are competent and knows how to advance the public good.
How does Anthony Lewandowski being pardoned advance any public good? I would argue it does the exact opposite.
I guess it kind of "sticks it" to Google, who Trump thinks is "so biased toward the Dems it is ridiculous!"
I have no idea if there is such a thing as a "revenge pardon", but I guess it's a thing now.
(Incidentally, I wanted to use an exact Trump quote in that first paragraph, and I found it here: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/19/upshot/trump-...)
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#43I'm going to go around the interesting tech angle here and comment on how many people on this list have been pardoned for petty drug crimes. *Corvain Cooper – President Trump commuted the sentence of Mr. Corvain Cooper. Mr. Cooper is a 41 year-old father of two girls who has served more than 7 years of a life sentence for his non-violent participation in a conspiracy to distribute marijuana.* Life sentence for "consp…
Didn't think I'd seen Corvain mentioned on HN. He's actually a great guy and a hell of an entrepreneur. Without trying to take any credit for his release my team was involved in the process of raising awareness of his incarceration for the last year and got deeply involved in bringing his cannabis brand to the California market. We've been early-celebrating all week about his pending release. I'll also add that his c…
> I'll also add that his crime was trafficking 37 tons. He wasn't the seller or buyer.
Good for him that he was pardoned, but I find it sad that it's those 37tons that make the pardon unsurprising. I don't think he would ever be pardoned for trafficking 37 pounds.
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#44Also in Trump's last hurrah is pardoning Kwame Kilpatrick. https://www.crimetownshow.com/ I have no idea how he fits in the profile of Trump's other pardons. Maybe just resonates with Trump as another shameless, corrupt politician.
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#45No Shkreli?
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#46> Stephen K. Bannon – President Trump granted a full pardon to Stephen Bannon. Prosecutors pursued Mr. Bannon with charges related to fraud stemming from his involvement in a political project. Mr. Bannon has been an important leader in the conservative movement and is known for his political acumen. This one is hilarious. The "political project" was raising money for a border wall via crowdfunding and putting it int…
You should recite the facts correctly. Supposedly, Bannon represented to the public that 100% of donated funds were going to build the wall. In fact, prosecuters allege that ‘hundreds of thousands’ were diverted to pay Banon’s personal bills. That’s out of 25 million raised.
According to the unsealed indictment, bannon received $1m through a non-profit, which he used to transfer to pay for unrelated shit using fake invoices.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/press-release/file/1306611...
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#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
Don't forget to have the additionally-pardoned Michael Liberty join the efforts to attract investors. Over $50 million defrauded [0][2] from investors, and it wasn't his first rodeo with the SEC[1]. [0]: https://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2018/lr24092.htm [1]: https://www.pressherald.com/2016/11/30/sec-charges-ex-maine-... [2]: https://www.pressherald.com/2018/04/02/liberty-in-sec-crossh...
...is a Presidential pardon final come the next Administration? Or has that not really been tested in court?
A pardon requires delivery and acceptance. (Actually, I think delivery is incomplete without acceptance.) Theoretically an incoming president could recall the pardon if it hasn't been delivered. Not sure what may constitute as delivery; or acceptance, for that matter. I don't think the manner of delivery or acceptance has been tested, let alone enumerated. If it's as simple as a phone call, then presumably nothing could be done.
I think a more interesting question is whether there's a specificity requirement. AFAIU, that hasn't been answered, either.
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#48Most of these are people accused of various drug crimes (many nonviolent). As much as I hate Trump, I support that. The worst one was this: Paul Erickson – President Trump has issued a full pardon to Paul Erikson. This pardon is supported by Kellyanne Conway. Mr. Erickson’s conviction was based off the Russian collusion hoax. After finding no grounds to charge him with any crimes with respect to connections with Russ…
Just to note - they specifically added those other commutations to elicit your exact reaction:
"Some look shady, but it's mostly good".
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#49I see these series of pardons but I don’t get how it works logistically in terms of federal vs state. Let’s say Anthony Levandowski was guilty for California charges, what would that mean?
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#50The one who's awaiting his own trial can still give pardons other people?
He's not yet been indicted criminally, and per DOJ rules he can't be until noon on Jan 20.
His facing a Senate trial for impeachment doesn't remove the pardon power. That also expires at noon on Jan 20.