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Sam Bankman-Fried applies for a pardon from Trump

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Re: Sam Bankman-Fried applies for a pardon from Trump

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Post by bdcravens »

jihadjihad wrote: post #2

> Trump has pardoned a number of people who have donated large sums to his political campaigns. It will be interesting to see how he'll be able to spin his well-documented donations to Democratic causes and sell that to the current administration: "He personally gave at least $40 million to politicians and political action committees ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, mostly to Democrats and liberal-leaning groups,…

By finding a way to get at least $41 million to the other side

Re: Sam Bankman-Fried applies for a pardon from Trump

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Post by cosmicgadget »

jihadjihad wrote: post #2

> Trump has pardoned a number of people who have donated large sums to his political campaigns. It will be interesting to see how he'll be able to spin his well-documented donations to Democratic causes and sell that to the current administration: "He personally gave at least $40 million to politicians and political action committees ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, mostly to Democrats and liberal-leaning groups,…

You can call Trump "America's Hitler" and end up the VP pick. All that matters is bending the knee.

Re: Sam Bankman-Fried applies for a pardon from Trump

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Post by mattbillenstein »

asdff wrote: post #8
Tangurena2 wrote: post #4

Staff working for Giuliani reported that pardons cost $2,000,000.

If it were that cheap Sean Combs would be a free man. They probably increase the expected bribe based on your perceived ability to pay.

It's probably as much about PR as it is about money - Puffy is a heavy lift on the PR side...

Re: Sam Bankman-Fried applies for a pardon from Trump

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Post by nickff »

ortusdux wrote: post #16

Do pardons require a full confession?

No; there have been a number of (controversial) pardons for people who were either not charged or had not been convicted. Gerald Ford set something of a precedent by pardoning Richard Nixon for activities related to the Watergate cover-up, and Joe Biden pre-emptively pardoned his whole family.

These applications of the pardon power have been controversial, but never successfully challenged.

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