tump's allies have been marketing themselves to wealthy felons seeking last-minute pardons
The premise is not complicated. Those with access to Trump, like his ex-personal lawyer John Dowd, are advertising their closeness to Trump as a means by which well-off felons can get their pardon requests heard—for a fee, of course. A steep fee. Part of what that fee gets you, if you are a well-to-do criminal, is Dowd's advice on how to "leverage Mr. Trump's grievances about the justice system" to make your own case that The Law Was Super Mean To You, says the Times. Well, duh.
While the Times lists out a few of the Trump-adjacent profiteers looking not to illegally sell pardons, but to wink-wink sell their influence with Trump to bring those would-be pardons to his attention, it goes without saying that ultragrifter Rudy Giuliani makes an appearance. Giuliani's asking price for one pardon was $2 million.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/1/17/2009906/-Trump-s-allies-have-been-marketing-themselves-to-wealthy-felons-seeking-last-minute-pardons
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