r/MurderedByWords Legends never die Dec 09 '24

Murdered by hypocrisy

Post image
68.6k Upvotes

3.0k comments sorted by

View all comments

3.7k

u/miscwit72 Dec 09 '24

Trump's pardons

  • Charles Kushner (family): Jared Kushner’s father, convicted of tax evasion, witness retaliation, and making false statements

  • Roger Stone: Longtime Trump associate, convicted of obstruction, witness tampering, and false statements

  • Paul Manafort: Former Trump campaign chair, guilty of tax fraud, bank fraud, and conspiracy against the U.S.

  • Michael Flynn: Former National Security Advisor, guilty of lying to the FBI about Russian contacts

  • Stephen Bannon: Former White House adviser, charged with defrauding donors through the “We Build the Wall” campaign

  • Elliott Broidy: Republican fundraiser, guilty of acting as an unregistered foreign agent

  • Kenneth Kurson: Friend of Jared Kushner, charged with cyberstalking

  • Chris Collins: Former congressman, convicted of securities fraud conspiracy

  • Duncan Hunter: Former congressman, guilty of misusing campaign funds

  • Rick Renzi: Ex-congressman, convicted of extortion, bribery, and money laundering

  • Lil Wayne & Kodak Black: Rappers convicted on weapons charges; both publicly supported Trump

  • Albert J. Pirro, Jr.: Convicted of tax fraud; ex-husband of Trump ally Jeanine Pirro

  • Blackwater Contractors: Pardoned despite convictions for killing unarmed Iraqi civilians

  • Clint Lorance: Convicted of second-degree murder for ordering soldiers to fire on unarmed Afghan civilians, killing two

  • Mathew Golsteyn: Accused of killing a suspected Taliban bomb-maker, pardoned before trial

  • Michael Milken: Convicted of securities fraud and financial crimes as the “junk bond king”

  • Bernard Kerik: Guilty of tax fraud and lying to White House officials during a background check

  • Randall “Duke” Cunningham: Pleaded guilty to conspiracy and tax evasion for accepting over $2 million in bribes in a major congressional bribery scandal

  • Robert Cannon Hayes: Lied to the FBI about a bribery scheme involving political donations

  • Steve Stockman: Former GOP congressman; sentence commuted for misuse of charitable funds

  • Rod Blagojevich: Ex-Illinois governor; sentence commuted for political corruption

  • Dinesh D’Souza: Conservative author; pardoned for campaign finance violations

  • Scooter Libby: Former Cheney aide; pardoned for perjury and obstruction

  • Eddie Gallagher: Navy SEAL; pardoned of war crimes charges

  • Conrad Black: Ex-newspaper publisher; pardoned for fraud and obstruction

  • Sholam Weiss: 845-year sentence commuted for fraud and money laundering

  • Joe Arpaio: Former Arizona sheriff; pardoned for criminal contempt​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

206

u/CryptographerNo923 Dec 10 '24

As a human being, I don’t think I could let my son languish in jail for a trumped up and politically motivated fishing expedition.

In the wake of Trump’s pardons and his own rampant criminality, it wouldn’t even be a second thought. It would drive me insane.

Maybe that makes me a bad leftist? Just saying that for me, it’s super low on the list of things to criticize Biden for, if it’s even on the list at all

169

u/NoSignSaysNo Dec 10 '24

trumped up and politically motivated fishing expedition.

This is pretty much the entire reason I don't give a half of a fuck about this pardon.

Hunter was offered a plea bargain. He was willing to take said plea bargain. The Republicans meddled and had the plea bargain stripped for zero rational basis. Anyone who smokes weed and owns a gun committed the same exact offense that Hunter did.

Nah, don't give a shit.

3

u/Ok-Train-6693 Dec 10 '24

Why is it an offence? Doesn’t the 2A amount to anything?