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Re: Trump pardons convicted Binance founder

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Post by Mars008 »

WheatMillington wrote: post #158

It's incredible that American corruption can happen out in the open like this. And this isn't a uniquely Trump phenomena. Political pardons are an amazing thing, and they have been used by presidents for a long time now with extremely little scrutiny and no possibility for repercussions. The executive being able to overrule the judiciary is an absolutely jaw-dropping American institution. So much for checks and balan…

> And this isn't a uniquely Trump phenomena

Reminds of Biden pardoning his relatives without even saying for what. Just blanked pardon for everything. No democrat dropped his jaw.

Re: Trump pardons convicted Binance founder

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Post by tripplyons »

moralestapia wrote: post #161
therein wrote: post #130

Earlier quoted context omitted.

SBF, maybe. Elizabeth Holmes, no chance.

No chance SBF ever goes out (until he's done with his sentence). Two huge factors against him: * Most people don't even know who CZ is, so this is meh-tier. People know SBF and find him repulsive, literally. Whoever puts SBF out of jail will face a massive PR backslash, he's not important enough to be worth that. * SBF stole from the rich, the only real crime in the US. Very few times you see someone who is equally h…

I would add that SBF was at one point the 2nd largest donor to Democrats.

Re: Trump pardons convicted Binance founder

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Post by SoftTalker »

mikkupikku wrote: post #152
therein wrote: post #130

Earlier quoted context omitted.

SBF, maybe. Elizabeth Holmes, no chance.

You're probably right, because she smoozed with Biden, but with Trump anything is possible with the right bribes.

Does SBF have any ability to pay a bribe at this point?

I suppose one might assume he has some funds stashed offshore somewhere.

Re: Trump pardons convicted Binance founder

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Post by WheatMillington »

insane_dreamer wrote: post #10

Most corrupt president in living memory (ever?) pardons convicted corrupt businessman, while directly profiting from said corrupt businessman's industry Years ago people would have thought you were talking about the DRC, Haiti or Uzbekistan. Today's it's the USA.

Don't kid yourself, US political corruption pre-dates Trump. This is just bringing it to a new level.

Re: Trump pardons convicted Binance founder

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Post by stefantalpalaru »

WheatMillington wrote: post #158

It's incredible that American corruption can happen out in the open like this. And this isn't a uniquely Trump phenomena. Political pardons are an amazing thing, and they have been used by presidents for a long time now with extremely little scrutiny and no possibility for repercussions. The executive being able to overrule the judiciary is an absolutely jaw-dropping American institution. So much for checks and balan…

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Re: Trump pardons convicted Binance founder

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Post by nativeit »

TheBlight wrote: post #165
WheatMillington wrote: post #158

It's incredible that American corruption can happen out in the open like this. And this isn't a uniquely Trump phenomena. Political pardons are an amazing thing, and they have been used by presidents for a long time now with extremely little scrutiny and no possibility for repercussions. The executive being able to overrule the judiciary is an absolutely jaw-dropping American institution. So much for checks and balan…

There's an argument the prosecution was political. See: https://x.com/balajis/status/1981423831572238856

Because Trump couldn’t have that!

Re: Trump pardons convicted Binance founder

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Post by [deleted] »

9dev wrote: post #162
sleepybrett wrote: post #125

If we ever get trump out of office we need to re-arrest every last one of these guys. The supremes can whine and cry as we keep them in prison. They can raise an army if the want anything different. Serious controls need to be placed around the pardon power.

The moment pardons are abused, the whole concept should be abolished. Pandora’s box is open now, unless you take it away, it’ll be continued to be abused.

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Re: Trump pardons convicted Binance founder

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Post by ardent-flareup »

pacman1337 wrote: post #84
perihelions wrote: post #28

Key line: > "Since Trump’s election, Binance has also been a key supporter of his family’s World Liberty Financial crypto venture, a business that has driven a huge leap in the president’s personal wealth." "Huge leap" meaning $5 billion, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-wlfi-world-liberty-financ... ( "New crypto token boosts Trump family's wealth by $5 billion" )

But Binance founder doesn't work for Binance anymore so why pardoning founder help Binance?

The current head of binance (and cofounder) is Yi He. Who happens to be in a relationship with CZ and is the mother of his children.
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