#Todd

Chuck Darwincdarwin@c.im
2025-12-27

President Trump took pardon abuse to a new level this year
with a string of dubious clemencies that together present a unique
case study in how this unfettered executive power can be used to degrade, corrupt and politicize the justice system.

The president pardoned one of his supporters, #Michele #Fiore,
a Nevada politician who was convicted of federal charges that she used money from a police memorial fund for personal expenses, including for plastic surgery.

He pardoned another supporter, #Scott #Jenkins, a former sheriff in Virginia who took bribes in exchange for badges.

He pardoned #Todd and #Julie #Chrisley, reality TV personalities imprisoned for tax evasion and defrauding banks, whose daughter campaigned for Mr. Trump.

He commuted the sentence of #Imaad #Zuberi, a major donor convicted of a host of crimes including illegal lobbying.

Trump’s clemencies certainly aren’t the first to raise eyebrows -- Both Republican and Democratic presidents have, in certain instances, used their constitutional pardon power for questionable ends:
George H.W. Bush pardoned officials embroiled in the Iran-contra scandal;
Bill Clinton pardoned the billionaire fugitive Marc Rich;
Joe Biden pardoned his son.

⭐️But for the most part, they relied on the Justice Department’s pardon attorney
— a position I held for nearly three years
— to evaluate clemency applications.
Even when they acted against their pardon attorney’s advice, they typically did so with the benefit of a thorough investigation and analysis prepared by a team of nonpolitical experts.

Trump has flipped the table on the deliberative approach favored by his predecessors.
The damage won’t be easily undone

On Trump's Inauguration Day,
I read the news that he had pardoned about 1,500 people accused of crimes in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

Though I had not been consulted, my staff and I were still expected to begin facilitating the releases of all those incarcerated.

Over the next three days, 27 more pardons were granted,
all without even a nod to the traditional role of the Justice Department in advising the president on pardons.

Ordinarily, pardon applications face an exacting initial review by the Office of the Pardon Attorney.

Applying detailed guidelines laid out in the Justice Manual,
staff members assess applicants’ past criminal conduct,
evidence of atonement, remorse and steps toward rehabilitation,
and the reasons that they are seeking a pardon.

Cases that clear this initial step then move to the F.B.I.,
which conducts a full background investigation.

Prosecutors, judges and victims are then given an opportunity to weigh in.

In four years as president, Mr. Biden granted more than 4,000 commutations
(full or partial reductions of sentences)
but only 80 pardons.

In March, after being sidelined for weeks,
I was dismissed.

I was replaced by Ed Martin,
an organizer in the "Stop the Steal" movement who has described his pardon priorities unambiguously:
“No MAGA left behind.”

On his watch, the traditional application review process has been neutered.

nytimes.com/2025/12/26/opinion

2025-12-23

艾普斯坦檔案公開:美司法部移除至少13份文件,一圖涉川普

BBC News 中文 2025-12-23 12:00:00 CST
美國司法部以保護受害者為由,暫時移除艾普斯坦檔案中含川普的照片,引發政治動機質疑。司法部澄清此舉無關川普,照片審查後已恢復。
https://www.thenewslens.com/article/262765
#性醜聞 #Ghislane Maxwell #美國 #司法部 #Todd Blanche #艾普斯坦 #受害者 #民主黨 #川普 #Pam Bondi #美加 #共和黨

2025-12-22

艾普斯坦案文件遭大量塗黑挨批「包庇權貴」,美國司法部:保護受害者

中央通訊社 2025-12-22 10:09:00 CST
美國司法部公布艾普斯坦案文件,然因大量塗黑引發爭議。受害者與部分政界人士怒批此舉包庇權貴,惟司法部稱是為保護受害者。此舉不僅未能釋疑,反加劇公眾不信任,並成為政治攻防焦點。
https://www.thenewslens.com/article/262714
#醜聞 #Jess Michaels #民主黨 #文件塗黑 #權貴 #Marina Lacerda #Todd Blanche #米克傑格 #期中選舉 #美國 #司法部 #性犯罪 #受害者 #Jeffrey Epstein #川普 #柯林頓 #紐約大陪審團 #艾普斯坦 #陰謀論 #美加 #共和黨 #麥可傑克森

Chuck Darwincdarwin@c.im
2025-12-21

One by one,
white-collar criminals have marched to the White House, bleating their fealty to Trump
– and 🔥watched their prison sentences evaporate as a result.

🔸There was #Charles #Scott,
a Virginia businessman sentenced earlier this year for manipulating stock values and defrauding investors at a lighting company
– and who Trump later freed.

🔸A pair of reality television stars, #Julie and #Todd #Chrisley, were caught out evading taxes,
sentenced to three years in prison as a result
– before Trump decided to pardon them.

🔸#David #Gentile was a former private equity head,
convicted last year for conspiring to defraud investors
(along with his partner)
to the tune of some $1.6bn,
receiving a seven-year sentence as a result.

But just days into his prison term,
Trump announced Gentile’s sentence would be commuted, and that he could walk free.

The latter decision was remarkably galling.

💥Gentile and his colleague had defrauded a staggering
10,000 different victims:
⚠️parents and grandparents with little to their names,
some of whom saw their entire life savings wiped out.

“I’m totally disgusted, because it wasn’t only myself,”
one of Gentile’s victims said after Trump’s move.

“It was my elder mother in her nineties and my sister as well… We all got defrauded.”

theguardian.com/us-news/ng-int

Totty Johnson6060764
2025-12-15

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しんちゃん®susamishin@mstdn.jp
2025-12-15

@susamishin は Serious - #Todd Rundgren をいま聴いているよ!
#NowPlaying
#YouTubeMusic

Serge Escalésescale@piaille.fr
2025-11-26

@technofeliz oui,
J'ai beaucoup lu #Todd et vu ses entretiens mais pourquoi a t-il rencontré #Orban en avril 2025 pendant 2 heures, lequel s'est empressé de publier l'échange comme soutien à ses idées rances ?
Je me demande où il se situe aujourd'hui Certainement pas dans une position d'observateur neutre entre Europe et Russie

2025-11-21

Some Todd Rundgren for the morning #DriveTimeTuneage #Todd

:awesome:🐦‍🔥nemo™🐦‍⬛ 🇺🇦🍉nemo@mas.to
2025-11-19

#Todd is such #meme material xD Hahah #rofl

infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/1

Yeah that's how he is 🤣 🤣 🤣

One time Todd, me and the boys hanged out at that awesome thread. It was like a big party but not IRL xD #brainfart the potential ♾️ 💚 8 Billion is the limit xD

2025-11-19

You don't know Todd?! How is that possible?! Everybody knows Todd!


#Todd
2025-10-31

Round 2, Family 1- Frost

Todd works on his homework

Phoenix plays in puddles

Todd improves skills

Todd takes phoenix on a jog in the rain

Todd works on his presentation

Todd bathes his pets

Todd improves a skill

Todd watches tv

Todd marries Natalia and she joins the family with her dog Belle

Belle is a troublemaker

Todd takes Phoenix on a walk

The couple are soon expecting a baby

Todd improves a skill

Natalia plays with Cookie

Natalia enrolls in University

She works on homework

and her presentation

The couple work on her soul journey

Todd watches tv and plays video games improving his skills

Todd uses the pool

Todd gets his grades

Nina is born.

#Bella #cookie #Gen1 #Natalia #Nina #Phoenix #ProsperityChallenge #Sims4 #Todd

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Serge Escalésescale@piaille.fr
2025-10-14

@jeanneavelo Qui peut m'expliquer pourquoi #Todd que j'ai beaucoup lu et ecouté, a rencontré #Orban au mois d'avril pendant deux heures et l'a trouvé très intéressant selon ses dires ? En servant de caution a Orban, il est tombé du mauvais côté

2025-10-14

"Nous avons aujourd’hui en #Europe affaire à des fous, ou plutôt à une folie collective qui a saisi en masse les individus des milieux sociaux dominants. Rien qu’en France, des milliers de journalistes, d’hommes politiques, d’universitaires, de chefs d’entreprises, de hauts-fonctionnaires, participent à l’hallucination collective d’une Russie qui voudrait conquérir l’Europe (paranoïa)."

Extrait du dernier texte de #Todd en date, à lire sur son #substack :

substack.com/home/post/p-17601

2025-10-01

Nouvelle préface à l'édition slovène de "La défaite de l'Occident" de #Todd, à lire :

substack.com/home/post/p-17494

2025-09-14

Queenstown hotel fined $22k over illegal heli-crayfish dining trips

Back at the hotel, for another $100 each, the guests would enjoy the crayfish as part of a…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #22k #dining #fined #helicrayfish #hotel #illegal #katie #NewZealand #NZ #over #queenstown #todd #trips
newsbeep.com/121663/

2025-08-14

Frank Miller & Todd McFarlane Reunite for Spawn Universe Cover
FRANK MILLER RETURNS TO THE SPAWN UNIVERSE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 25 YEARS—AND REUNITES WITH TODD McFARLANE FOR THEIR FIRST COVER COLLABORATION IN OVER THREE DECADES

The Curse of Sherlee Johnson #3 debuts two iconic new variant covers from Miller and McFarlane, on...
comiccrusaders.com/comic-books
#image #sapwn #todd mcfarlane #frank miller #comics #comic books

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