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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGeorge Santos is the 10th GOP Congressman to get a pardon or clemency from Trump. The other nine lawmakers we
I had no idea there were all of these. whow.
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George Santos is the 10th GOP Congressman to get a pardon or clemency from President Trump. The other nine lawmakers were also all convicted of crimes:
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George Santos is the 10th GOP Congressman to get a pardon or clemency from Trump. The other nine lawmakers we (Original Post)
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MaddowBlog-With George Santos, Trump finds another convicted congressional Republican to reward
LetMyPeopleVote
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B.See
(7,094 posts)1. In Trump's Bizarro-world MALADMINSTRATION,
Being a convicted FELON is a prerequisite.
How low these fkrs have brought our country, in their twisted, sick minded notion of "greatness."
littlemissmartypants
(30,341 posts)2. "It's a criminal enterprise." Malcolm Nance
Irish_Dem
(76,511 posts)3. Soon to be members of the Trump Crime Syndicate.
LetMyPeopleVote
(171,729 posts)4. There is a pattern

LetMyPeopleVote
(171,729 posts)5. MaddowBlog-With George Santos, Trump finds another convicted congressional Republican to reward
The president has now pardoned or commuted the sentences of most of the Republican congressmen convicted of felonies in the 21st century.
In the wake of the George Santos rescue, Trump has now pardoned or commuted the sentences of most of the Republican congressmen convicted of felonies in the 21st century. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-10-20T13:25:11.734Z
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/george-santos-trump-finds-another-convicted-congressional-republican-r-rcna238611
About six months ago, disgraced former Republican Rep. George Santos, facing overwhelming evidence of guilt, reached a plea deal with prosecutors and agreed to plead guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Asked around this time whether he would appeal to Donald Trump for a rescue, the former New York congressman said, You bet your sweet a-- I would.....
Two months later, my MSNBC colleague Erum Salam reported:
.....In his first term, Trump effectively wielded his pardon and commutation power as a corrupt weapon, rewarding loyalists, completing cover-ups, undermining federal law enforcement and doling out favors to the politically connected, resulting in some of the most controversial pardons in American history. Many of these actions, however, transpired after his 2020 election defeat when it seemed as if his political career was over and he no longer had to concern himself with consequences.
But in the first year of his second term, it appears Trump is no longer concerned about appearances or the pretense of propriety. Hes corrupting the process; he knows that hes corrupting the process; he knows that we know that hes corrupting the process; and hes doing it anyway.
On the first day of his second term, Trump issued roughly 1,500 pardons and commuted the sentences of 14 Jan. 6 criminals, including violent felons who were in prison for assaulting police officers. A few days later, he kept going, pardoning 23 anti-abortion rights activists, seemingly unconcerned with their guilt. That was soon followed by a pardon for former Gov. Rob Blagojevich, a man synonymous with corruption in Illinois politics, whom Trump saw as an ally.......
Whats more, The Washington Post published this memorable roundup on the last day of Trumps first term:
Two months later, my MSNBC colleague Erum Salam reported:
President Donald Trump is commuting the sentence of former Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., and said the disgraced lawmaker should be quickly released from prison. ... Trump called the 37-year-old Santos something of a rogue, but added that he was also a Great Hero.
.....In his first term, Trump effectively wielded his pardon and commutation power as a corrupt weapon, rewarding loyalists, completing cover-ups, undermining federal law enforcement and doling out favors to the politically connected, resulting in some of the most controversial pardons in American history. Many of these actions, however, transpired after his 2020 election defeat when it seemed as if his political career was over and he no longer had to concern himself with consequences.
But in the first year of his second term, it appears Trump is no longer concerned about appearances or the pretense of propriety. Hes corrupting the process; he knows that hes corrupting the process; he knows that we know that hes corrupting the process; and hes doing it anyway.
On the first day of his second term, Trump issued roughly 1,500 pardons and commuted the sentences of 14 Jan. 6 criminals, including violent felons who were in prison for assaulting police officers. A few days later, he kept going, pardoning 23 anti-abortion rights activists, seemingly unconcerned with their guilt. That was soon followed by a pardon for former Gov. Rob Blagojevich, a man synonymous with corruption in Illinois politics, whom Trump saw as an ally.......
Whats more, The Washington Post published this memorable roundup on the last day of Trumps first term:
Since Trump took office, two incumbent Republican congressmen have been convicted of crimes, Chris Collins (R-N.Y.) and Duncan D. Hunter (R-Calif.), as has a former congressman, Steve Stockman (R-Tex.). Trump pardoned all three of them. Trump also pardoned four former Republican congressmen convicted before his presidency: Rick Renzi (R-Ariz.), Robin Hayes (R-N.C.), Mark Siljander (R-Mich.) and Randall Duke Cunningham (R-Calif.). ... [A]ccording to GovTracks Legislator Misconduct Database, Trump has now pardoned a majority of Republican congressmen convicted of felonies in the 21st century.[/blockquote]
With the Santos commutation, the new total of Trump rescues for congressional Republicans convicted of crimes has reached 10 and counting. (While some congressional Democrats have also been convicted of crimes in recent years, to date, none of them has benefited from the incumbent presidents magnanimity.).....
For all the GOP hysterics during the Biden era about a two-tiered system of justice, it seems the White House has gone out of its way to create the very dynamic Republicans claimed to be against.
bdamomma
(69,079 posts)6. He loves
Criminals just like him.