22, January 2021 Trump’s Pardons
While many poor
innocent African Americans (see GEORGIA INNOCENT
PROJECT) languish in America’s
dark dungeons while others serve long jail sentences for minor infractions of
the law, the former (the word sounds delicious) President Trump has granted
pardons to rich felons, are another example of the shameless influence-peddling
on his watch.
Predictably, Trump
bypassed the vetting and approval process of the Justice Department. This
monumental abuse of power screams for Congressional action.
Trump’s swamp was
overflowing with notable felons Roger Stone, Paul Manafort, Michael Flynn, ,
,but with a stroke of the pen he freed them from the clutches of the law, free
to continue their sordid activities. One of the most egregious miscreants was fformer Trump strategist, Steve Bannon,
indicted for fraud as part of crowdfunding campaign to build the border wall.
But much to the dismay of his gullible donors Bannon used the stolen money to
purchase a million-dollar yacht. Who said crime
doesn’t pay?
What do the pardon
beneficiaries have in common, - intimate
knowledge of Trump’s political and business activities which could exacerbate
Trump’s legal problems.
Selling indulgencies
(forgiving sins for donations) used to
be common practice in the Roman Catholic Church. Modern day preachers in
megachurches whip up emotions of guilt and redemption to exact donations from
their congregations.
Monetizing
pardons is nothing new. In the “The Pardoner’s Tale, the pardoner has hair
“yellow as wax” as well as false credentials, and derives great pleasure in
swindling his victims.
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