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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump Has Put Jared Kushner in Charge of Pardons, Says Report
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-has-put-jared-kusher-in-charge-of-pardons-says-report?ref=home
Trump Has Put Jared Kushner in Charge of Pardons, Says Report
FAMILY BUSINESS
Jamie Ross
Updated Feb. 20, 2020 8:16AM ET /
Published Feb. 20, 2020 7:06AM ET
REUTERS
Jared Kushner is leading a team of Trump advisers put together by the White House to recommend and vet candidates for future pardons, according to The Washington Post. The report comes days after President Donald Trump pardoned a group of 11 people, including several convicted felons who are either Fox News regulars or have been championed by the right-wing cable channel, and one whose family has donated huge sums of money to his re-election campaign. The Post reports the group is made up of a handful of Trump allies who have been meeting since late last year to discuss a new pardon system in the White House. Kushner, Trumps son-in-law and senior adviser, has reportedly advocated for the White House wrestling control of the clemency process away from the Justice Department. Pam Bondi, a former Florida attorney general who served on Trumps impeachment-defense and campaign teams, is also reportedly on board. One official told the newspaper that more pardons are likely before the election, saying that Trump enjoys handing them out.
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babylonsister
Feb 2020
OP
Zoonart
(11,878 posts)1. IT.NEVER.ENDS.
dawg day
(7,947 posts)2. Kushner's dad next pardoned?
Chris Christie was the US attorney in that case
Walleye
(31,045 posts)3. Does Kushner get to pardon his dad? Jeeze!
Will trump have his second wife beheaded? ( sorry)
Andy823
(11,495 posts)4. I wonder what the going price
for a pardon is these days? I am pretty sure trump is making money off this.
rampartc
(5,435 posts)5. only trump can sign the paper
but i'd advise he put a responsible adult in charge.
Johonny
(20,888 posts)6. Can we assume Jared's name is on the top of the next list
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)7. Sure enough
C_U_L8R
(45,020 posts)8. Jared is expert at playing the bag man
Trump has found yet another corrupt way to profit.
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)9. ...AND, Pam Bondi?
From the sounds of her past experience, she could have been in need of a pardon, herself.
Trump sure does like her, but she certainly wasn't impressive during the impeachment defense.
Poor Jared is always the first person Trump thinks of when he assigns new projects. I wonder if his kids ever see their dad?
kskiska
(27,047 posts)10. What ISN'T Kushner in charge of?
itcfish
(1,828 posts)11. Too Bad He
Can't pardoned his daddy
Flaleftist
(3,473 posts)12. Someone in the family to collect the money, eh?
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,414 posts)13. Even the corruption is corruptly deflected.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,192 posts)14. Trump knows the best people