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LetMyPeopleVote

(173,536 posts)
Wed Dec 3, 2025, 02:30 PM Wednesday

Trump's Pay-to-Pardon Scheme

This week Trump pardoned a private equity fraudster, the drug-trafficking ex-president of Honduras, and a Congressman who allegedly took bribes.

Meanwhile, he's weaponizing government to go after his enemies.

An utter mockery of the rule of law. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NflcWXdV-B0

Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) 2025-12-03T19:27:10.181535Z

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Trump's Pay-to-Pardon Scheme (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Wednesday OP
I am originally from Tennessee, and I remember Gov. Blanton's.... Laffy Kat Wednesday #1
Yes people were citing a song about Ray when I moved to TN1980s off-the-clock Wednesday #2
Just Imagine All That Cash 2na fisherman Wednesday #3

Laffy Kat

(16,829 posts)
1. I am originally from Tennessee, and I remember Gov. Blanton's....
Wed Dec 3, 2025, 03:03 PM
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Pay for pardons/clemency scandal. There was a federal investigation. He was eventually forced to resign. There were also a couple of mysterious deaths connected with the scandal.

How come our current effing president is getting away with it? I don't understand.





off-the-clock

(314 posts)
2. Yes people were citing a song about Ray when I moved to TN1980s
Wed Dec 3, 2025, 03:25 PM
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Pardon me Ray...just sign on the line (Chatt Choo Choo)

2na fisherman

(194 posts)
3. Just Imagine All That Cash
Wed Dec 3, 2025, 06:36 PM
Wednesday

Trump pardons the cocaine kingpin and former President of Honduras who dealt in tons of coke flooding into the US. How many movie scenes have we viewed where stacks and stacks of hundred dollar bills are piled up as proceeds of such a criminal enterprise? Well it's easy to imagine a truck pulling up to Mara Lago in the night to offload millions in cash bribes to Trump for allowing El Presidente to be set free. Just the cost of doing business with the Trump regime. And such a pile of cash is nothing to this big fish now free to traffic again. I wonder if anyone is able to follow the money on this. How many secret bank accounts does Trump have? Or does he just burry it on one of his golf courses?

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