I was especially impressed by Guardian reporting in the run up and execution of Bush II's Iraq War. The Guardian released stories that that were insightful, accurate, and prescient while our domestic press led cheers. A lot of stuff that mattered was ignored or slow on the uptake at home.
I remember the taped Deposition of Jared Kushner shown at the J6 hearings, when he said he was so busy dealing with the pardons, he wasn’t paying attention to anything else.
OMG, I didn't see that. 143 pardons in the last month. I don't know if it's true or not, but I heard Guiliani and Trump were selling pardons for $2 million a piece.
4 of those he pardoned bilked Medicare/Medicaid out of $1.4 billion at least. But I'm sure there was no quid pro quo there.
I seems to me that executive pardon is monarchical anachronism that has proved to be a major security bug in rule of law; a profound and unaccountable end run around due process. Pardon can serve justice, but should rest in individual whim. By promising pardon for requested breaches of laws, Trump expanded the a vulnerability into gaping wound in our system of accountability. The core MO of the present day "GOP" is centered on this strategy. The only antidote is public awareness and resistance. The Redhats are coming! the Redhats are coming!
Here's the list from the Guardian.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/20/trump-pardons-and-commutations-the-full-list
US president has pardoned 70 people and commuted the sentences of a further 73 people
Holy s@&t!
Yeah. How many stories by the MSM have you seen on this? And why does The Guardian have the best reporting on this?
I was especially impressed by Guardian reporting in the run up and execution of Bush II's Iraq War. The Guardian released stories that that were insightful, accurate, and prescient while our domestic press led cheers. A lot of stuff that mattered was ignored or slow on the uptake at home.
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I remember the taped Deposition of Jared Kushner shown at the J6 hearings, when he said he was so busy dealing with the pardons, he wasn’t paying attention to anything else.
OMG, I didn't see that. 143 pardons in the last month. I don't know if it's true or not, but I heard Guiliani and Trump were selling pardons for $2 million a piece.
4 of those he pardoned bilked Medicare/Medicaid out of $1.4 billion at least. But I'm sure there was no quid pro quo there.
I seems to me that executive pardon is monarchical anachronism that has proved to be a major security bug in rule of law; a profound and unaccountable end run around due process. Pardon can serve justice, but should rest in individual whim. By promising pardon for requested breaches of laws, Trump expanded the a vulnerability into gaping wound in our system of accountability. The core MO of the present day "GOP" is centered on this strategy. The only antidote is public awareness and resistance. The Redhats are coming! the Redhats are coming!