Trump’s ‘Pardon Economy’ Blooms With Controversial Beneficiaries
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A TPM Weekender piece ranks Trump’s post-2020 clemencies, arguing a rising ‘pardon economy’ under Trump II loosened traditional safeguards and rewarded allies, donors, and well-connected figures—from former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández to Rudy Giuliani, Binance’s Changpeng Zhao, Rod Blagojevich, Rep. Henry Cuellar, and others—through a streamlined pardon process led by Ed Martin. The article also notes Boosie Badazz pursuing arbitration over a failed pardon push and critiques the broader political incentives behind these controversial clemencies.
- Fraudsters, Politicos and Trump Pals: Ranking Trump’s Most Egregious Pardons Talking Points Memo
- Boosie Lobbied for a Trump Pardon. It Never Came. He Wants a Refund. The New York Times
- How Boosie Badazz’s Pardon Push Turned Into a MAGA Mess News of the United States - NOTUS
- Rapper Boosie Badazz demands refund from lobbyists who failed to win him Trump pardon New York Post
- US rapper Boosie seeks $300,000 refund after failed Trump pardon bid The Guardian
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