20 Pardons -- Future Allies

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George Papadopoulos
Alex van der Zwaan
Steve Stockman
Duncan Hunter
Chris Collins

Crystal Munoz
Judith Negron
Tynice Nichole Hall
Alfonso Costa
Alfred Lee Crum

Ignacio Ramos
Jose Compean
Nicholas Slatten
Paul Slough
Evan Liberty

Dustin Heard
Weldon Angelos
Philip Lyman
Otis Gordon
Philip Esformes

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/statement-press-secretary-regarding-executive-grants-clemency-122220/

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1. Kickin' with disgust!

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3. I feel ya -- posted with disgust!

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6. Lol

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2. Chris Collins

Can we use that in Georgia?

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4. Right??

Works for me!

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5. Future allies to whom? Crystal Munoz's crime was weed. Judith Negron was Medicare fraud.

https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2020/02/18/miami-woman-doing-35-years-in-prison-for-bilking-medicare-gets-sentence-commuted-by-trump/

Alfred Lee Crum - moonshine?!

Huh. I may go through the entire list cuz this is interesting.

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9. Some compassionate ones included in the mix

Collins though - that is a let them eat cake moment. Negron stole millions so I can see her being useful down the line.

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12. Yup. Ugh, Ignacio Ramos - border agent who killed unarmed "illegal" immigrant.

I'm hooked on this for some reason. Aaaaand I'm stopping b/c I just got to the Blackwater murderer. Ugh. My disgust levels are off the charts...

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13. Not that one

Didn't go down the entire list. Maybe they all are awful.

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14. Yeah I stopped at the Blackwater murderers - four of them.

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10. Trump. Okay, exceptions for the obvious weed prisoners and old dudes.

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7. Like the mob's made men? nt

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8. Every Republican President

The pardons get worse. Pretty soon his hit squads who kill off his political opponents in DC will get pardons. If not him, then the next Republican President.

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11. There are hit squads murdering political enemies in DC????

Wow, why isn’t the media covering this!

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15. The next malignant narcissist tyrant will do this guaranteed

#Traitor has proven he can do ANYTHING and his salivating cult plus a kompromised Republican party will never hold him to account.

I'm surprised he hasn't tried to kill Pelosi, Schiff, Biden or Harris yet. He can't be prosecuted under that fucking OIC memo.

If #Traitor doesn't figure it out, the next tyrant will

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17. 45 can pardon a foreign person?

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19. Interesting. I could go for that.

Funny thing about how any of these could turn on him if paid enough. Just sayin'.

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20. Rachel's first up report right now tonight, where she explains them all.

Michael Schmidt wants to know how many of these have gone through the Justice Department's formal pardon legal process, says that many of these could be just about connections, and that Barr's department hasn't probably been involved with these, which look more like the results of lobbying -- payments, maybe? -- that benefit 45. Which Congress can investigate as abuse of power.

Andrew Weissman weighs in, says that there's a spate of pardons for corrupt politicians and corrupt law enforcement, mostly connected to the president and right at the heart of the obstructions listed in the Mueller investigation. He notes that Philip Esformes, who scammed Medicare for billions and lives in Florida, is particularly odious.