Will be giving a Full Pardon to Dinesh D’Souza today. He was treated very unfairly by our government!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 31, 2018
AND: From WaPo:
The president, who has issued a series of pardons in recent months, said he is also considering leniency in number of other cases, including those of former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich (D) and Martha Stewart, the author and television personality....
Trump later told reporters traveling with him on Air Force One that he is considering commuting the remainder of the sentence of Blagojevich, who was convicted in 2010 on charges relating to the selling of President Barack Obama’s former Senate seat.
[Blagojevich's b]ragging about getting something in return for a Senate appointment, Trump said, was “a stupid thing to say—but 18 years?”
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1 – 200 of 231 Newer› Newest»Good. Now he needs to pardon Flynn.
Erasing Obama's shameful "legacy" one day at a time.
He also needs to pardon that Benghazi video guy.
Gee, this is ending the Obama string of pardoning traitors and trading terrorists for deserters.
He also needs to pardon that Benghazi video guy.
Maybe he can pardon Roseanne.
As Gary Johnson felt the need to make increasingly statist noises in 2016, I remember telling a Libertarian friend that Trump was the libertarian candidate in the race. So far, so true.
He's not wrong.
A pardon is what should happen sometimes when enforcement of a law is blatantly selective and partisan.
Poor confused Trump. He thought he found a way to reward Souza for writing his favorites played when he walks off Air Force One: Stars and Stripes Forever, Semper Fidelis, and The Thunderer. But Dineesh will take it anyway.
I want him to restore the name Mount McKinley, instead of naming America's most majestic peak after a gas guzzling SUV. Failing that, he could rename it Mt Canyonero.
Good. Now start prosecuting Lois Lerner and John Koskinen.
Hey, can he undo Marc Rich's pardon while he's at it, and the commutation of Oscar Lopez Rivera's sentence?
The prosecutor applied the law only against people who made movies that criticized Barack Obama.
I hope he pardons Blago. That would set lefty heads exploding, especially the morons at the Sun Times. Good times ahead if he does.
Trump is making it clearer by the day that he is going to use executive power to reward his friends and punish his enemies. True principled conservatives should shudder.
Dinesh Joseph D'Souza is a lying scumbag. His felony conviction attest to that. Trump is also a lying scumbag. One lying scumbag should not be permitted to pardon another lying scumbag. I can attest to that.
The problem the Left has with Trump is that he doesn't play by the "Heads we win, tails you lose" method of the Left, accepted by Republicans for so long.
Playing to win - and not accepting vile Leftist behavior with a smile, but rather a knuckle sandwich - will see Trump successful through two terms.
I hope he pardons Blago.
Yeah, the FBI gave Barack Obama the heads up that they were recording Blago's phone calls--even the phone calls with Obama--when they were negotiating payments for Obama's replacement in the Senate. One would think that's illegal, but I'm sure they did the same with Trump. Wait. No, they didn't.
Trump should grant Obama immunity in exchange for testifying against his cabal of criminals starting with Hillary.
" Now I Know! said...
Trump is making it clearer by the day that he is going to use executive power to reward his friends and punish his enemies."
How about Trump first prosecuting Obama and Hillary for their campaign law violations then pardoning them? As for rewarding his friends and punishing his enemies, why next you will be calling Trump a Democrat because that is how Democrats roll.
Mt. Bigly
ocean said...
Good. Now he needs to pardon Flynn.
No, Flynn will be exonerated. A pardon implies guilt.
The OIG report is coming next week and the testimony of an FBI agent, maybe Strzok who is trying to get himself out of trouble, will be that Flynn did NOT lie. Yates may be in the hot seat next.
"Once written... has the usual leftist knee jerk. I'm sure Weinstein is regretting that Hillary lost after all he had invested in her.
Good. D'Souza is not my cup of tea, but he was railroaded into prison over something that should have been at most a misdemeanor and a small fine.
Fire Sessions and find someone with the balls to go after the Clinton Crime Operation.
" I can attest to that."
Says the lying scumbag. I'll bet you can.
I live in New Jersey, and I oppose our Senator Robert Menendez.
However, I always have opposed the Federal Government's prosecution of Menendez, because I think that the prosecution was motivated primarily by Menendez's criticism of the Obama Administration's coddling of Iran.
President Trump should announce that his Administration is terminating its prosecution of Menendez for that reason.
Trumpit says that the Constitution is just a piece of paper and that a political prosecution "proves" that a person is guilty, because he sinned against the Democrats. He must have been a repeat offender, right? The amounts must have been egregious, or he never would have gone to prison, right?
It must have been far worse than Hillary lying on FEC declarations that payments to Fusion were legal expenses, and not campaign spending, right?
I want him to restore the name Mount McKinley
I've always call them Palin Peaks.
"True principled conservatives should shudder.
The old "No True Scotsman" fallacy.
Once, you need some new material.
I agree with the comments about Blago and the video guy and Menendez.
The political prosecutions need to end.
Somehow the American people gave Obama's pen and phone to Trump. We tried to warn you guys that the powers you lavished on Obama would someday fall into hands you liked less. You guys thought you could use those powers to never lose another election.
The OIG report is coming next week
I've seen this written for weeks and weeks and weeks.
I've seen this written for weeks and weeks and weeks.
When it comes, it'll come like a Muppet.
Blogger tim in vermont said...
"I want him to restore the name Mount McKinley, instead of naming America's most majestic peak after a gas guzzling SUV. Failing that, he could rename it Mt Canyonero."
Smells like a steak and seats 35!
It must be Valerie Jarrett week. Roseanne put the spotlight on her high privileged status. She was the brain behind Smiling Obama, and she who weaponized our government to remove all patriotic Americans from the Military Officer cadre and from head over all law enforcement Agencies.
Jailing targets on select prosecutions with air cover provided by the Corrupt Media Machine was Jarrett's specialty. And General Kelly was her sworn enemy. Why do you thing she had to wiretap and unmasked everybody in our Government? To get angles to destroy them.
In a word, Jarrett is the most EVIL one of them all.
It is refreshing to see a President pardoning patriots instead of terrorists and cop killers. Winning!
Maybe he can pardon Sirhan Sirhan.
Pardon Martha Stewart, too. Take that, Mueller!
And Hillary launders $84 million of bundler's money through state party organizations and the DNC and she's still walking around.
Well, more stumbling than walking.
Darrell said...
I hope he pardons Blago.
Yeah, the FBI gave Barack Obama the heads up that they were recording Blago's phone calls--even the phone calls with Obama--when they were negotiating payments for Obama's replacement in the Senate. One would think that's illegal, but I'm sure they did the same with Trump. Wait. No, they didn't.
LMFAO. It was Michael Cohen who was recording calls with Trump! Let's see how that works out.
This blog post unsurprisingly caused Althouse's cadre of worthless Trumpian trolls to run rampant in the comments. It reminds me of the song "Who Let The Dog's Out" by Baha Men.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He82NBjJqf8
Blago’s sentence was ridiculously long. He got a bad judge. George Ryan got six years for conduct that was more corrupt (and lucrative).
"Darrell said...
I've seen this written for weeks and weeks and weeks.
When it comes, it'll come like a Muppet."
Funny!
Pardoning Martha Stewart would be epic trolling.
He should do it in the Rose Garden at a full blown press event.
"Here is another victim of a celebrity witch hunt by courrpt prosecuter Bob Mueller."
Then he could pardon the innocent men who went to prison to cover up the crimes of Whitey Bulger and Steve Flemmmi.
Perfect.
LMFAO. It was Michael Cohen who was recording calls with Trump! Let's see how that works out.
What does this have to do with the FBI telling Obama that the phone calls to Blago are being recorded and that he might be committing a crime on tape? Is it the FBI's job to keep Obama out of jail? Then why isn't it their job to give Trump the head's up, when they are only looking out to protect him--like with the "informers" in his campaign because of Russian interference?
Are you saying that Cohen was the "live wire" that Strzok/Page talked about on April 30, 2016?
Essentially, Dinesh gave a $20,000 campaign donation thru a strawman to his friend, Wendy Long, who ran for Senate in NY and lost.
A mere $20,000.
The prosecution was heavy-handed and totally out of proportion.
I object. Blagojevich got a sentencing enhancement for this stupid hair.
At least he SHOULD have.
President Trump should pardon those guys who were convicted falsely in that Whitey Bulger case, and then he should rub the pardon in the face of Robert "The FBI Whitewasher" Mueller.
It was James Comey who railroaded Martha Stewart.
Darrell said...
I've seen this written for weeks and weeks and weeks.
When it comes, it'll come like a Muppet
Anyone who doesn't read Althouse on a regular basis would be scratching their heads wondering what this has to do with anything.
I groaned like one should after a well played pun. Though it wasn't a pun, was worthy of pun treatment.
Life sentence for trying to possess cocaine.
Trump should pardon G. Gordon Liddy. Just for the entertainment value.
"Trump is making it clearer by the day that he is going to use executive power to reward his friends and punish his enemies. "
You mean to say that principled character is important in a president, and it's not just about his policies ? Sorry ! The rules changed 25 years ago !
Gospace, Puns are the worst sort of humor practiced by the best sort of minds.
I like it, since it outrages all the right people in the commentariat here. When I see the usual suspects pissing and moaning about it, I know that Trump did the right thing.
MadisonMan said...
The OIG report is coming next week
I've seen this written for weeks and weeks and weeks.
Friday.
The report expected to be sent to Congress on Friday is only a portion of a larger review Horowitz announced in January 2017, covering a broad range of issues about potential misconduct at the FBI and Justice Department in advance of the 2016 presidential election. Horowitz said late last year that he anticipated completing that report in March or April of this year. But lawmakers now say they expect the full report in May.
There are multiple reports. They kept adding subjects for him, hence the delays.
The completion of a long-awaited watchdog report on the FBI and DOJ’s Hillary Clinton investigation during the 2016 presidential campaign has put Washington on edge, as the clock counts down to its potentially explosive release.
“We’re all anxiously awaiting this report,” Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, told Fox News’ “Hannity.”
Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz announced the draft report was done in a letter to members of Congress on Wednesday. He did not say when the results of the review will be officially released to the FBI, DOJ and congressional committees.
Game Theory is very conservative.
Also: No sympathy for Blago. I have no doubt Obama was part of the vetting crew as to exactly who could receive the prize, but I'm also fairly sure that the idea of giving it to the highest bidder was all Blago; Obama and the others Blago consulted just helped put together the list of bidders.
Re: Blago.
NO GOOD HEAD OF HAIR GETS LEFT BEHIND.
I don't agree with this pardon. I think more people should be held to account. If DC is upset about money in elections, then let's start holding their bundling friends to account. Alas, I see this is a pipe dream, and D'Souza was a political target. I'm sure Rosie O'donnell can continue with her behavior.
"I don't agree with this pardon."
-- Eh, I'm convinced if he had been supporting the left, he'd never have been charged. Lots of people who give to the left in excess amounts are given a chance to withdraw or have their excess donations returned; Obama was never called to task for poor vetting of donors, etc.
If for the last several years, it had not been made painfully apparent to me that political persuasion will be used to decide if someone is prosecuted or not, then I'd agree. I still don't think a pardon is right since he did do it; he only became an issue because he stuck his finger in the king's eye. But, I don't think there's a middle ground between full pardon and commuting/minimizing the sentence for him either.
The trap is set.
Pardon Martha Stewart and when the left/MSM loses it, Trump starts tweeting about why Huma was never charged with lying to the Feds. Or Koskinen or any other D.
Commute Blago and when the left goes nuts, Trump starts tweeting about pay-to-play and why Clinton Foundation, Crooked Hillary, Uranium One, Podesta, etc, weren't charged.
He'll expose double standards and hypocrisy as the left/MSM beclowns itself yet again. He'll totally own the debate
The D'Souza was a highly partisan egregious prosecution. It showed Obama and his DOJ was a bunch of vindictive little pricks drunk on power. I don't think there was even one other case where the party got significant jail time for one stinking contribution of like $10,000 or less.
(Eaglebeak)
rcocean said...
Good. Now he needs to pardon Flynn.
He may have to wait on that a bit--because if he did it now, it would form part of the spurious "obstruction of justice" case Mueller's crew is hankering after.
Meanwhile, pardon Blago for sure, and Martha Stewart (who was prosecuted by James Comey)--but also pardon Matthew Charles and Alice Marie Johnson (on whose behalf Kim Kardashian visited the White House).
If I were Trump, I would go through the list of all the people prosecuted by Patrick Fitzgerald, Comey, Mueller, and Andrew Weissmann and look for people who got railroaded and who should be pardoned.
" Alas, I see this is a pipe dream, and D'Souza was a political target"
Conservatism is pragmatic, and empirical.
Trump is making it clearer by the day that he is going to use executive power to reward his friends and punish his enemies.
You do realize you just quoted - verbatim - Barack Obama, right?
My only vague, unimpressive thought on this is that you can't just pardon your friends or the opponents of your enemies. It's imperative to explain why the sentence or conviction was unjust, and why the pardon is a proper exercise of corrective justice.
This is one area where Trump's tweets may be insufficient
"Essentially, Dinesh gave a $20,000 campaign donation thru a strawman to his friend, Wendy Long, who ran for Senate in NY and lost.
A mere $20,000.
The prosecution was heavy-handed and totally out of proportion."
Stupid comment. You can shoplift a pack of gum at the Five and dime and spend time in jail.
You may not have sympathy fo Blagojevitch, but he was prosecuted and punished for displaying The Organization's dirty linen in public; not because they thought that there was anything wrong or unusual about what he had done.
"Stupid comment. You can shoplift a pack of gum at the Five and dime and spend time in jail."
-- Right, but if someone who is friends with the police walks out with the safe, you might understandably be concerned about abuse of power. Has anyone gone to jail for Clinton and the DNC's illegal campaign money laundering system, for example?
Darrell: "What does this have to do with the FBI telling Obama that the phone calls to Blago are being recorded and that he might be committing a crime on tape?"
Nothing at all.
Our LLR and #StrongDemDefender Chuckie is in tatters over the democrats diminishing generic vote advantage in the upcoming elections and he's simply flailing now.
Jim at: "You do realize you just quoted - verbatim - Barack Obama, right?"
Shhhhh.
NIK and LLR Chuck and Inga and ARM and all the rest of their crew are on a roll baby!
Properly speaking, conservatism is unprincipled.
And that's a good thing. A little study of conservatism, the actual non-system of ideas, is suggested for the usual persons posting here, but they will not of course because they are what they are. Knowledge, it seems, would be fatal to their amour-propre.
Russell Kirk is a good place to start, going from the modern (relatively) to the ancient. He tried to distill principles out of it but could not, but the process is educational. "The Conservative Mind" is in print and on Amazon Kindle.
Or as a very poor substitute, consider his non-principle "ten principles"
Russell Kirk Ten Principles
Trumpit sez: "Stupid comment. You can shoplift a pack of gum at the Five and dime and spend time in jail."
You should focus on the stupid prosecution, not my stupid comment about the stupid prosecution.
In a conflict where the law is used as a weapon, there is no benefit in respecting the law any more than ones opponents have. The only way one can bring them back to reason, or at least a modus vivendi, is to inflict such pain that they submit to limits. This will escalate until it is more unbearable for one side than the other.
This is in no way different than the course of an actual war, other than that neither side has yet broken into outright physical violence.
It is an unfortunate fact of human nature.
Ah yes, the lamentations of Barry's women! How sweet the sound.
Trumpit should be doing standup comedy.
Nobody is that stupid. The Buster Keaton of blog commenters.
President Trump should pardon everyone from the Celebrity Apprentice who had a problem.
Blago.
Darryl Strawbery.
Dennis Rodman.
Gary Busey.
Meatloaf.
He can do it in a two hour special.
On the Fourth of July.
Ratings gold.
buwaya puti at 1:12 PM
In a conflict where the law is used as a weapon, there is no benefit in respecting the law any more than ones opponents have. The only way one can bring them back to reason, or at least a modus vivendi, is to inflict such pain that they submit to limits.
This is why I think one or more Special Counsels should be appointed to ravage the various entities causing problems for President Trump and his associates.
We can start with a Special Counsel to investigate the Clinton Crime Family and all its associates.
As soon as Robert "The FBI Whitewasher" Mueller concludes his "investigation", a Special Counsel should be appointed to investigate Mueller and his staff -- and also Rob Rosenstein, etc.
A question for the crowd.
Is it ok to call Michelle Obama a cunt?
How about her daughters?
That seems to be permissible in the view of Hollywood.
I would think she would prefer to be called a monkey.
Sure.
I won't try to get you fired.
That is what we used to be able to do in America.
You should be able to call anyone anything you want. That is what free speech is all about.
Of course you have to take the consequences.
The problem arises when the consequences only come from side of the aisle.
A liberal can say or do anything. Samantha Bee. Joy Reid. Keith Olberman. Al Sharpton. You name it they have said it. No harm no foul.
A one sentence tweet gets Roseanne canned. Because she was a vehicle to explain and normalize the white working class that was formerly Democratic but now is now behind Trump.
That is what is going on here. Not the phony racism bullshit. That is just the excuse.
Just like steele:
http://dailycaller.com/2018/05/31/stefan-halper-media-flynn
I am wrong here for thinking the Obama campaign was guilty of violating campaign finance law by not vetting millions and millions of dollars from foreign donors?
I was thinking that not only did they do it, but they were punished for it. Perhaps with a small fine.
https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/01/07/obama-campaign-fined-big-for-hiding-donors-keeping-illegal-donations
Nope. Turns out it was a huge fine. I just went back and reread it. All the papers say it was the largest fine ever paid.
I'm wondering though, why no one went to jail over millions of dollars when Dinesh had to go for much less.
So it looks to me like Obama pardoned himself on this, but with a nice cover that this was the largest fine ever paid.
Maybe the police stealing the safe analogy is apt.
This one sided approach forces the real opinions of real people underground. If they can not release some steam verbally it will come out in other ways. Like a pressure cooker.
Trumps was a tiny step in the other direction. He moved the Overton window by a couple of inches. Which is why the media, Hollywood, academia and the Washington General Republicans have to do everything they can to destroy him.
Trump is just the reaction. He is not the cause.
He should add Conrad Black to the list, in fact he should be first
Blogger Trumpit said...
"....I can attest to that..."
5/31/18, 11:22 AM
Is it because (attest) you're a legal eagle?
Your SLURS do not make an arguement!
Blogger Martin said...
Good. D'Souza is not my cup of tea, but he was railroaded into prison over something that should have been at most a misdemeanor and a small fine.
5/31/18, 11:26 AM
I agree! I'm limited to $5,000 only when I give directly to the candidate. But have no limit when I form a PAC like Soros or Kohl and give hundreds of millions to the PAC for their use to support the same candidate. Stupid law s/b no limits. Anyone know if the Supreme Court ever heard a lawsuit on these shenanigans?
Obama was never called to task for poor vetting of donors, etc.
Nor was Clinton held to account for hiding the "Country of Origin" field on his campaign funding compliance reports.
Stupid comment. You can shoplift a pack of gum at the Five and dime and spend time in jail.
Five and dime?
I now understand the roots of Trumpit's incessant griping. He lost a fortune when the bottom fell out of his buggy-whip stock portfolio.
"Darrell said...
LMFAO. It was Michael Cohen who was recording calls with Trump! Let's see how that works out.
What does this have to do with the FBI telling Obama that the phone calls to Blago are being recorded and that he might be committing a crime on tape? Is it the FBI's job to keep Obama out of jail? Then why isn't it their job to give Trump the head's up, when they are only looking out to protect him--like with the "informers" in his campaign because of Russian interference?
Are you saying that Cohen was the "live wire" that Strzok/Page talked about on April 30, 2016?"
Don't waste your time asking ChucKKK. They didn't teach that in traffic law school.
To really get heads exploding, pardon Julian Assange...
Martha Stewart is being considered for being pardoned by Trump per reports. From my understanding her crime was a joke. Another of show me the person, and I"ll find the crime.
Blago I don't know enough about to have a comment on. Sounds like his sentence is out of line compared to other actions.
DeSouza prosecution was another over prosecutional overreach.
It would be nice if Trump deals with the criminalization of everything and prosecutional over reach.
I can attest to that.
You cannot attest to anything, Trumpit. That requires balls.
Martha Stewart should definitely be pardoned. Definitely. Her conviction was when I started disliking Comey.
Back when America was way too in love with Barack Obama, the Blago tapes came out and the Obama administration was allowed to investigate itself. It found itself innocent.
Trump had the opportunity to pardon Charlie Manson, but failed to do so. He's no doubt beating himself over the head about that. Trump's brain has been addled for a LONG time, and shouldn't add more contusions. He was probably dropped as a baby. We need to drop the miscreant now.
“It must be Valerie Jarrett week. Roseanne put the spotlight on her high privileged status. She was the brain behind Smiling Obama, and she who weaponized our government to remove all patriotic Americans from the Military Officer cadre and from head over all law enforcement Agencies”
Probably more than anyone, VJ made Obama President. She met the Obamas before they were married, and hired Michelle, who then introduced her to her fiancé. Then later tied them into the top tier of Chicago politics. Got their daughters into the school that the top politicians had theirs in, etc. And it seems that she was calling the shots in the WH while he was off golfing and shooting hoops with celebrities. No wonder then, that she lives with them now in their mansion in Georgetown.
Rosie O Donnell did the same thing as DeSouza, but for five times as much. No penalty. But DeSouza made a movie critical of Obama.
It was selective prosecution.
Trump is making it clearer by the day that he is going to use executive power to reward his friends and punish his enemies. True principled conservatives should shudder.
As Opposed to President Barack 'No better enemy, no worse friend' Obama? See also: Israel, Iran, North Korea, Poland, ...
Trump should preemptively pardon Rosie O for the same crime Dinesh was imprisoned for. At least some people would notice it happened
Why do other commenters respond to Trumpit? It's a parody account.
I mean think about it, 98% of the population has no idea Rosie committed this crime. She would be forced to respond. We could ask her to thank Trump, or ask why she isn't grateful. It would be awesome hypocrisy exposure.
Why do other commenters respond to Trumpit? It's a parody account.
Yeah, we know. But it's fun to abuse Trumpit.
Think of it as parody of parody.
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
The establishment of the Pro-Choice, selective, opportunistic, and congruent, Church by liberal and progressive sects is a direct challenge to the constitution.
Here's a question for anyone: Considering Trumps history with Rosie O'donnell, does anyone think he would want her prosecutedfor this crime?
My own thought is absolutely not. First, I suspect this crime is an "open secret" more known than Harvey's couch. D'Souza bothered both Obama and the establishment, so nobody stood up for him. Rosie would be made a martyr, and she would be loud and proud during the entire prosecution. The only thing to gain is perhaps an eventual repeal of the law by SCOTUS ruling. Trump may want that, but when would that occur, and how likely is it to occur?
So to avoid prosecuting Rosie, give some support to D'Souza, and poke an eye of Comey; Trump gives a pardon. Lots of win.
>>This is why I think one or more Special Counsels should be appointed to ravage the various entities causing problems for President Trump and his associates.
This was my suggestion a while back... Trump agrees to appoint a special prosecutor, 1 for him, and two for the D's. Starting with Hillary's server and the Foundation.
Let them try to explain why only one of those is legit...
I would leave D'Souza's conviction and instead push for Rosie O'Donnell to also be prosecuted.
Maybe pardon him the day after her conviction.
Blogger Now I Know! said...
"Trump is making it clearer by the day that he is going to use executive power to reward his friends and punish his enemies."
From where I stand it appears Obama punished his enemies and Trump is righting Obama's wrongs.
Every once in a while Trumpit slips up, and tips his cards that he’s a parody account. I think the “reward your friends and punish your enemies” was such a slip.
Of course for Paul Ryan, he thought it was “reward your enemies and punish your friends” He seems kind of young to be hard of hearing, but there you have it.
Oh, it was Now I Know? Well, there you have weapons-grade stupidity.
Blago didn't get 18 years for accepting bribes to appoint someone to fill Obama's seat; he got 8 for that and 10 for not giving Obama a piece of the action.
Dinesh D'Souza is the second happiest person over his pardon. That fat loser Rosie O'Donnell is the first.
Okay to cut Martha Stewart slack. Did she do her time in the slammer for lying to the FBI? As for Blago, may he rot in the Illinois pen for a few more years.
Hooray! Good for D'Souza.
Blago can stay where he is.
Lest anyone forget, D’Souza was prosecuted by the odious Preet Bahara - the one Obama/Lynch USA (Lynch’s handpicked successor when she stepped up from USA for the SDNY to AG) who had to be fired by Trump because he refused to tender his resignation. D’Souza thought that being fellow Indian-Americans, he would get a break from Bahara. Nope. Not even close. Federal Sentencing Guidelines called for probation. Bahara was holding out for a year out so of hard time. The judge split the difference with 5 months in a halfway house in San Diego, almost as far away as he could get from his home in NYC. Since he had to spend the night there every night, he was stuck 3,000 miles from friends and family for those 5 months.
I do like D’Souza‘s writing, but bought the hard copy version of his book on the Obama/Lynch/Bahara vindictive prosecution of him to show my support.
How is Blago in jail and HIllary not?
The LA Times and its readers are outraged that Dinish got pardoned.
I can only wait until Sally Yates needs a pardon.
He shouldn't talk about pardons he is "considering". That is wrong in a number of ways. That said, all of the pardons he is considering are good ideas. I think the policy of the American justice system, of locking up people whose crimes are financial (or political) with people whose crimes are violent, is stupid and counterproductive. Also cruel, although unfortunately far from unusual.
Dickin'Bimbos@Home: "How is Blago in jail and HIllary not?"
There are lots and lots and lots of LLR Chuck's in the DOJ....
Obama punished his enemies and Trump is righting Obama's wrongs
Equal justice, not social justice, which is notoriously Pro-Choice and politically congruent.
The purpose of the Presidential Pardon is to nullify the jury.
The proper thing to do, summon the prosecutor from the case to the White House, where he/she/it should stand before the President, and he/she/it should open his/her/its hand, to which the President will deposit a dime.
The prosecutor will go back home and pay the dime to the people, in consideration of the sums he spent prosecuting the case, and wasting the communities wealth.
Why not just issue a blanket pardon of all persons prosecuted by Comey and Mueller.
actually no, they all served time, perhaps uncommensurate with the offense, incurred fines, unlike other parties,
If you needed any more evidence of how corrupt Trump is one need look no further than his pardoning of Blagojevic.
Trump is sending a message: It doesn't matter how corrupt you are or what laws you break. As long as you serve his interests he will back you up, get you off the hook, and absolve you of any crime.
I can only wait until Sally Yates needs a pardon.
Sally Yates broke no law, but if you weren't a corrupt, craven, criminal, conservative without any conscience or a cause you might have an easier time understanding that.
It's like, there's right and there's wrong but cons don't know the difference because all they want is someone/something to hate.
This is such a joke. It's starting to resemble Saddam Hussein's mass release of Iraqi criminals in 2003 to show his "bounty" while hoping to stave off the 2003 invasion.
It's like, there's right and there's wrong but cons don't know the difference because all they want is someone/something to hate.
Refreshingly original. Imaginative. Interesting. etc.
He can do it in a two hour special.
On the Fourth of July.
Ratings gold.
Not as popular as Hitler's speeches and rallies, though. He really needs to go full Nazi to make that happen.
It's pretty clear that he will let anyone get away with any crime as long as it makes it easier for him to avoid being held to account. It really has gotten to the point in America that he (or Fat Sanders) should be asked, are there any criminals or any crimes that you wouldn't pardon and how exactly does allowing these three miscreants to escape the judgment of the law (or his own voluntary guilty plea, in D'Souza's pathetic case), help you personally?
Trump does not believe in the law or responsibility and neither do his followers. He is quickly following in the footsteps of his closest presidential analogy, Andy Johnson.
How fitting.
Refreshingly original. Imaginative. Interesting. etc.
Your mother.
After all, you thought that was an original insult, right?
Also, it proves my point that you take issue with that statement. Aren't you the guy who's in favor of redlining.. of keeping people from predominantly black neighborhoods from moving to neighborhoods with higher property values?
They should just call you Redliner FullMoon.
Hillary still walks free. No one on the left can lecture anyone on corruption.
Please explain to the class what Blago did that was worse than a Private
Server.
Leftist brain-deads agree - Citizens United to point out and make a movie about Hillary's life-time of lies and crimes should be against the law.
Jail the citizens! who speak out! against precious leftist Corruptocrat queen Hillary.
dems have played this card out for 25 years.
https://usa.spectator.co.uk/2018/05/rudy-giuliani-is-turning-the-mueller-probe-on-its-head/
Please explain to the class what Blago did that was worse than a Private
Server.
I think it involved something called "breaking the law."
No need to explain it to you because you think "breaking the law" means "someone you don't like did something you didn't like," and that you can just put people in jail because you're opposed to them politically.
That really is how simple-minded you cons are. Conservatives without a conscience or cause committing craven acts of criminal corruption constantly.
Libby outed a CIA agent. Cons cheer.
Cons hate America.
Dinesh was harassed by the corrupt left over a nothing-burger technicality because he made a movie pointing out what a corrupt crock of shit the democrat party under Saint Obama has become.
Burn the non-leftists! Make them suffer.
Shall we discuss what the corrupt proggy leftwingers did to Governor Walker?
Libby was rat-fucked by the corrupt left. Fuck the corrupt left.
Leftists stand shoulder to shoulder wit the Hillary Pelosi corrupt left.
Big money.
Blogger steve uhr said...
Why not just issue a blanket pardon of all persons prosecuted by Comey and Mueller.
There are people suggesting that. Certainly, Comey and Mueller have a lot of crimes on their records.
Do you know anything about the Boston/FBI/Whitey Bulger story ?
"Not Gay Guy said:
The Toothless Revolutionary said...
Today's women are fucking morons. Maybe if they hated their own bodies less then they'd be more interested in the rest of the world, too.
President Pee-Pee Tape said...
Michael - your obsession with me really is weird.
Did you want to come over and meet me or something?
I could send you some nude pics instead if that would settle you down.
Let me know your preference. Your frustration is very evident.
5/25/18, 11:10 PM
President Pee-Pee Tape said...
RFK had eleven children? Where ever did he find the time?
Have you ever had sex with a guy?
Dinesh was harassed by the corrupt left over a nothing-burger technicality because he made a movie pointing out what a corrupt crock of shit the democrat party under Saint Obama has become.
Then why did he tell the judge that he was guilty of breaking the law?
Other than that, I don't know what your middle school-level language rant is supposed to mean.
Libby was rat-fucked by the corrupt left. Fuck the corrupt left.
Another incoherent rant. This time in mob-speak. How appropriate.
There was someone who was screwed over by Libby: Valerie Plame. But the right is ok with jeopardizing the lives of law enforcement (or any American) if it serves their political cause. That's important to point out.
you mean Richard Armitage, not exactly a bush supporter, he was part of the Caspian syndicate, a nomenclature I borrowed from '24 second season, parties threatened by the deposing of a sunni regime, ruling over a shia polity,
Bulger's trial is coming up next month,
President Pee-Pee Tape said...
RFK had eleven children? Where ever did he find the time?
Have you ever had sex with a guy?
The ATM aficionado above misleadingly quotes the above in such a way as to conceal that the questions about RFK were written by a woman.
So much for his, "but he's gay!" retort. LOL.
Does spreading lies work among your fellow shyster contractors? Most folks on this thread are college-educated (unlike you). They're not as gullible or interested in idiotic playground taunts that twist the quotes you've saved in your hard drive, like a kid bookmarking his favorite porn videos.
an analyst already known to the Russians the dgi probably Turkish intelligence, re Brewster and Jennings previous outing,
FullMoon the Segregationist Redliner said...
Today's women are fucking morons. Maybe if they hated their own bodies less then they'd be more interested in the rest of the world, too.
I suppose this offends you, as a woman?
Women should learn to love their bodies as much as FullMoon loves hers. He's a woman trapped in something's body, after all.
LOL!!!
Experianced President Pee-Pee Tape said...
RFK had eleven children? Where ever did he find the time?
Have you ever had sex with a guy?
the post Hoover bureau, seem intent on foreclosing the providence mob, at the expense of the winter hill, who had protecting on beacon him, in the form of the future house speaker, then there were da's like Delahunt, who you notice was the name of Costello's enforcers in the departed,
the fiction in that film was that any agency cared to send an undercover operative against him, then against they were using the template of infernal affairs, transposed from hong kong,
Finally Segregationist Redlining Shyster Contractor learns the importance of distinguishing between quoted text and text quoted by a third person. (Although he still fails to punctuate it correctly. Try learning about "double quotes" and 'single quotes.' If you're not too busy learning about ATM and bookmarking all those comments of mine that you salivate over.
Anyway, yeah - I figured a guy could have sex 11 times in his life without it cutting too deeply into whatever else he's up to. I suppose that for you this was a revelation or something you doubted? Or has it just been that hard for you to find someone willing to have sex with you 11 times?
LOL!!!
Armitage could not be indicted, otherwise his board directorship, with dyncorps and future status as Erdogan's man in Washington would be threatened,'
along those lines, the remarkable detail left out of the story, was the fellow who convened the inr meeting on nigerien yellow cake, had been in Niamey, back in 99, when Wilson first visited and zahawie had been sent there,
"Experianced" (sic). LOL!!!
if one googles rahr inr memo, this comes through, he rose up in the department, even served as gitmo detainee coordinator after a time
Closeted Gay spell checker falls for it, again:
President Pee-Pee Tape said...
"Experianced" (sic). LOL!!!
5/31/18, 6:17 PM
So by asking how you found it hard to believe a guy could have sex 11 times in his life, you think that makes me gay?
LOL!!!
Are you an idiot in real life or do you just play one on the internet?
Segregationist FullMoon, everybody. A married man who has not "found the time" to have sex 11 times.
HAHAHAHAHA
Gay PP who watches ATM vids on gay porn sites doubles down:
If you're not too busy learning about ATM and bookmarking all those comments of mine that you salivate over.
I must say, Trump people tend to be pretty damn stupid. But FullManLover really does scrape the bottom of the barrel.
Grammer Nazi PP who fell for mis-use of "your" three times in one week posits
President Pee-Pee Tape said...
Right. You fake misspell words just to make people think you're an idiot, when you're really not.
Oh, you're a pretty tricky guy, FullManLover!
5/31/18, 6:20 PM
I am looking forward to the justifications for Trump pardoning Rod Blagojevich.
FullManLover tries to deny above that he first introduced the concept of "ATM" into his "conversations" with me.
LOL!!!!
Pretty embarrassed there, eh?
Don't worry. Your wife will understand.
She will of course roll her eyebrows at you first. But apparently that's par for the course.
LOL!!!
....posits
President Pee-Pee Tape said...
I "posited" President Pee-Pee Tape?
Do you even have a single coherent thought in your otherwise empty head?
Quit while you're way behind.
there was a troll like this, on douthat's site in 2008-9, who ultimately forced him to shutter it.
"I am looking forward to the justifications for Trump pardoning Rod Blagojevich."
Blago is a minor corrupt official in a sea of Chicago Democratic corruptocracy. Please. His sentence will be easy to commute. They should indict the entire Democrat party in Chicago under a RICO theory -- the whole one-party town is corrupt.
For how long have you been a woman, FullManLover?
Do you actually think you're "winning" this thread?
Go show it to your wife. You know. The one you need to rely on for basic asset allocation advice.
Dr Weevil said...
"Odd that "what he is capable of" is always so much less than what you are capable of, "Toothless", and that applies to every single person you interact with. Someone criticizes you, you insult them, if they insult you, you go to obscenities, and so on straight down the toilet. It's pathological, and you really need to either (a) seek professional help, or (b) go away. And try to think before you write: a comment section is nothing like an assortment of sexual relationships and your replies to one commenter are nothing like a marriage (though you seem to have difficulty keeping sexual insults out of yours. (I hope that doesn't tell us anything about any of your hypothetical present or former marriages.) It's more like a conversation in a restaurant or a private home, and you're the loud, drunken uncle who ruins Thanksgiving Dinner for everyone else by ranting obscenely about Trump and making sexualized insults about anyone who asks you to tone it down. Was that rude? Not half so rude as the comment I'm replying to."
If only FullManLover could come up with a satirical post as funny as the one he quotes at length and marvels at at 6:28 PM.
But no, he's into basic stuff. Fake misspellings and intentional "grammer" fuck-ups. You know. To show how clever he is. Point out how "stupid" it is to call him out.
Don't quit your day job, shyster. Much easier to rip people off as a contractor than as a wanna-be comedian.
Lol. Now he's into quoting a paragraph that someone else wrote.
No wonder he deletes so many of his own comments. Just you all watch.
By tomorrow at least half of his posts will be self-deleted.
The clear mark of a "winner." LOL!!!
Oh no! The freak comment.
FullManLover identifies as a woman (gets sensitive on behalf of them - as if they asked him), can't figure out how a guy can have sex 11 times and believes it embarrassing if anyone isn't as into "boring in bed" as he either is or thinks those women (whom he's so into) happen to be.
LOL! There are some heavy-duty admissions right there. Does a more boring woman in bed help the hetero sex feel less excruciating for you?
HAHAHA.
Riddle me this: How does a guy "accuse" someone (male) of both being gay AND not sufficiently aversive to cunnilingus?
You reveal more than you know, GayMoon.
You're gayer than a picnic basket.
So GayMoon,
As a gay male, how does your wife feel about your aversion to cunnilingus? Does she roll her eyes at you after you make that face of disgust?
Is it hard for you to keep the beard around given how much you hate her pussy?
Or is she ok with only having sex with you 11 times total?
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Bay Area Guy said...
Blago is a minor corrupt official
He was the Governor. Hardly minor.
"Blago is a minor corrupt official"
He was the Governor. Hardly minor.
True. And IL is not a minor state.
Incredible to believe they think they have a way of spinning this one.
Oh, and BTW - GayMoon.... are you there?
Notice how I used quotes appropriately, above. Helps people figure out who actually said what.
You're welcome. Glad to help a confused young gay man in denial like yourself understand the world a little better.
You already posted your 6:49 regurgitated post, GayMoon. Does posting it again help you get the attention from me that you must feel you so desperately need?
What's it like to need attention that badly?
What's it like to live with someone of a gender you're not attracted to, but pretend to be anyway?
A stupid gay man who can't even figure out his own identity or how to build his assets without a fake hetero wife.
SAD!
Tootles, I wanna copy and paste your story about the two nubile maidens(C-cup?), each with a hand on your knee, leading to good times.
Oh, of course you do.
But it's creepy to request that others be recruited into assisting you with the things that you jerk off to.
Where's your wife? I'll explain it to her. And probably with her own willing assistance, given everything you reveal about yourself and her.
Remember, GayMoon. It's not really cuckholding if you're really just a gay man using her as a beard.
Goofy hurts my feelings with bad mean sentences:
""You act like you're twelve AND you resent anyone who actually knows anything about life.
Man, are you fucked! I predict one of your remotely managed properties will become a haven for drug gangs and confiscated by Sessions' new DEA. And then we'll hear you let loose a whole new source of whining.
FUCK YOU. You squeal like a fucking little pig. I'm loving it.
You'll never amount to anything. No one will ever take you seriously. You're a fucking moron who doesn't even have the decency or sense to learn from all the people you're too busy feeling inferior to to stop insulting and complaining about for ten minutes.
Keep that Ritalin prescription handy. It's the only thing standing between you and a full-blown meth addiction. Pansy!""
Good night, Andrew Cunanan.
Maybe he’s just trying to get in all the pardons he can while he’s still President. Make hay while the sun shines.
FullGayMoon's real-life identity has been discovered.
Oh, there's the 7:02 - a repeat of the 6:49 which was already a repeat. Pretty boring. Do you find repetition makes you feel less ignored.
Make sure to let Ann Althouse know how many times you reposted the same comment in this thread. I'm sure she will be really happy for you, stupid, closeted in-denial gay stalker.
Creep.
Baby Boy Brags:
Ritmo Brasileiro said...
It's good to know that the stupidest threads are just ripe for the threadjacking. I'll be sure to leave a trail of turds on every one of the brain droppings here that suit my fancy.
As easy as fallin' off a log.
LOL
A pardon is what should happen WHENEVER when enforcement of a law is blatantly selective and partisan.
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