No Assange or Snowden

Stevie Bannon gets one though

  • VHS [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    When there are always plenty of people sentenced to decades for simple drug charges that the president can pardon, the problem really should be blatantly obvious. If you can free some, why can't you free them all?

  • Koolio [any]M
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    4 years ago

    Way Quoe Long – President Trump commuted the sentence of Way Quoe Long Mr. Long is a 58 year-old who has served nearly half of a 50-year sentence for a non-violent conviction for conspiracy to manufacture and distribute marijuana. Mr. Long has spent his incarceration striving to better himself through English proficiency classes and by obtaining his GED. Upon release, Mr. Long will reunite with his family and will be strongly supported as he integrates back into the community.

    I have a feeling whoever actually chose the pardon chose it because they thought it would be funny.

  • T_Doug [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Anyone got any guesses as to why Trump's pardoning Lil Wayne and Kodak Black. Did Lil Pump and Kanye convince his strategist that getting wealthy rappers on their side is the key to the black vote?

    • Pawgfather [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      I know Weezy is a Trump supporter, and it wouldn't surprise me if Trump's justification for pardoning someone is just that they happen to like him. I'm not sure about Kodak though and I'm curious myself. I was wondering the same thing for Kwame Kilpatrick too. I guess he just thinks its enough to make black people support him.

  • No_Values [none/use name]
    hexagon
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    4 years ago

    Anthony Levandowski – President Trump granted a full pardon to Anthony Levandowski. This pardon is strongly supported by James Ramsey, Peter Thiel, Miles Ehrlich, Amy Craig, Michael Ovitz, Palmer Luckey, Ryan Petersen, Ken Goldberg, Mike Jensen, Nate Schimmel, Trae Stephens, Blake Masters, and James Proud, among others. Mr. Levandowski is an American entrepreneur who led Google’s efforts to create self-driving technology. Mr. Levandowski pled guilty to a single criminal count arising from civil litigation. Notably, his sentencing judge called him a “brilliant, groundbreaking engineer that our country needs.” Mr. Levandowski has paid a significant price for his actions and plans to devote his talents to advance the public good.

    • VHS [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      funny how the right plays up "IP theft" as such a big deal and then does this

      • No_Values [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        Yeah, IP 'theft' is an absolutely bullshit reason to go to prison, but it's interesting to see the people who had influence over trump on some of these