Trump pardons convicted Binance founder

Post by selcuka » Fri, Oct 24, 2025, 2:39 AM UTC

actionfromafar wrote: post #563

kbd wrote: post #233

The pardon power has been so abused these past few administrations that it's clear there should be constitutional changes in the pardon power, either congressional review, or strip it altogether.

The way this is going, the President won’t need using any pardon powers, because the judges will all ask the President what the judgement should be in advance. And the prosecutors will ask who to prosecute. Finally only fair justice!

Post by estearum » Fri, Oct 24, 2025, 2:40 AM UTC

cosmicgadget wrote: post #654

noisy_boy wrote: post #647

There should be a limit on the number of pardons a president can do during their tenure so that they have to at least think a bit before using it. It is a very powerful tool that actually allows a last resort. But this kind of egregious abuse of it's power means it needs to be kept in check.

It'd take a constitutional amendment. So all we can do is not elect someone who will trade pardons for money (on this scale).

Post by estearum » Fri, Oct 24, 2025, 2:41 AM UTC

cherrycherry98 wrote: post #710

johnnyanmac wrote: post #690

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They were fed "waste fraud and abuse" in the beginning of the year. and suddenly it happens in broad daylight and people shrug? At this point it's just brainwashing. Some people's principals are clearly less about their own conviction and treating all this like a sports team. Whoever team "wins", even if the stadium burns down around them.

It's privately funded so it doesn't fit under "waste, fraud, and abuse" in the same vein as things that use taxpayer money. Conflict of interest by attempting to curry favor for his vanity project by making donations? That's a fair criticism.

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Oct 24, 2025, 2:43 AM UTC

anigbrowl wrote: post #626

pedroma wrote: post #470

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You believe the US on the path to killing tens of millions of its own citizens for the sake of some ideology like Mao, Stalin, and Hitler because a non-violent white collar criminal was given a shortened sentence? Interesting.

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Post by unethical_ban » Fri, Oct 24, 2025, 2:45 AM UTC

WheatMillington wrote: post #681

dragonwriter wrote: post #545

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> The executive being able to overrule the judiciary is an absolutely jaw-dropping American institution. No, its not, pardon and the closely linked power of clemency are common powers in representative democracies, often situated with the chief of state or the head of government (in the US, and other Presidential systems, the President is both), or sometimes the cabinet instead of the head of government in a parliame…

The president just prior to Trump pardoned his own son for crimes, and pre-emptively pardoned various other family members and political allies for any possible crimes before they could be prosecuted. Again, this is not new, this is ongoing open-air corruption, and Trump's escalation is the result of everyone being OK with it before now.