Replies to post #214029 on DD Support Board and Research Team

[janice shell]

Generally, this is a "no politics" board. But for heaven's sake: the guy arrested (and also charged by the SEC) today is a recidivist who was granted clemency by Trump.

As soon as he got outta the slammer, he started breaking the law all over again.

And he's a financial scammer, so that makes all of the above on topic.

[BullNBear52]

So what was the rationale for the pardon?

BTW Clinton did the same thing at the end of his term with Marc Rich.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Rich

Former President Jimmy Carter, a fellow Democrat, said, "I don't think there is any doubt that some of the factors in his pardon were attributable to his large gifts. In my opinion, that was disgraceful."[35] Clinton himself later expressed regret for issuing the pardon, saying that "it wasn't worth the damage to my reputation."[11]

Let's not be naive.