An investigation into the business of presidential clemency details how pardon brokers and connected lobbyists set fees for individuals seeking executive pardons. Intermediaries often factor in a client’s financial resources, the political sensitivity of the underlying offenses, and the level of direct access to executive decision-makers. Fees can range from tens of thousands to millions of dollars, creating a lucrative industry that critics argue offers a significant advantage to wealthy and well-connected petitioners over standard applicants navigating the formal Department of Justice pardon process.
- Pardon brokers and lobbyists establish pricing based on an applicant’s net worth, the severity and visibility of their conviction, and the complexity of lobbying executive officials.
- Services can command substantial upfront retainers and advisory fees, sometimes reaching into millions of dollars.
- Brokers leverage personal relationships with high-ranking political figures to bypass the traditional, often heavily backlogged Office of the Pardon Attorney.
- Ethics experts emphasize that while clemency lobbying is legally permissible, the private marketplace creates significant disparities in the justice system by favoring those with substantial financial resources.
Gemini said 60 Minutes is an American television news magazine that has been a staple of CBS News since its debut in 1968. Created by Don Hewitt, the program is renowned for its hard-hitting investigative journalism, high-profile interviews, and in-depth feature stories that have earned it a reputation as the gold standard of broadcast news for over half a century.
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Yes ok she makes a point but let's be fair & examine the other side with Clinton or Obama. You put this unequally because of the politics w/ the mid-terms!
How much does your own network mislead the American public due to the fact your a business where profits come first!
Lesley Stahl is to journalist what aardvark is to sea cucumber. 😂🤦♂️
Where was Leslie when the Biden Administration auto signed TWO THOUSAND + pardons?
Hey Leslie..you hack… you Mentioned Biden Pardoned Hunter and Faucci…. You forgot to mention he pardoned almost his entire cabinet and family
Boosie
BS
This is criminal or it should be. This is pay to play all the way around.
Did he say the president would never pardon any bad people? How about the January 6th perpetrators? I don’t think Trump knows the difference between a good or bad person because he is the poster child for a bad person. There are many bad people he has pardoned. These two men give me the creeps.
Omg great line of work they are in lol
These guys are so smarmy! It is pathetic that this pardon buying is even a thing.
such a disgrace to this country.
No asking about obvious kckbacks to WH?
Wonder how much Fauci paid for his 10 year pardon 😂
Lock them up.
What they do is illegal in a normal, truly democratic country.
Wow. They’re everybody slimy as Trump. They’re just another couple of vipers from the vipers den. Their corruption is sickening.
Don’t blame the players, blame the game rules.
This country is corrupt including the mainstream media
Man i love her!
Corruption is out of control. Wow!
Jacob Wohl is a convicted felon
The guy on the right looks like Barron Trumps pretend older brotherr
That flag pin
Define corruption
Dude's been a gross scammer since he was a child
This should be illegal and they should be in prison but why are we doing sit down interviews
These guys must have thought appearing on this show would be good advertising???
Presidents have been pardoning people forever but 60 minutes only does the story when Trump is President. Leslie Staal did everything she could to entrap Trump but he refused to take her bribe. She never mentioned that in the last few days of his regime Senile Biden or his staff pardoned 4000 criminals using the Autopen.
PARDONS FOR SALE!!
These guys are full of it…
No politician is clean.
Strategery!!!! I was trying to remember where I heard that word, as it's so unusual. It's technically a real word, but it's not used much at all, and usually in a comic setting. Its most famous use is on Saturday Night Live as a PARODY of George Bush.
Trump is making money right and left his sons are making money right and left all from pardoning people make money in many different ways
Did Trump says he doesn't know nothing about it but he sure does pardon these people right
They'll make an excuse but at the same time they're putting money in their pockets the Trump family
If you ask me there's not a day that Vladimir Putin is just using Donald Trump he likes to him all the time and Donald Trump thinks he's so honest he's the farthest thing from being honest he's just playing Trump
And we all know now bye now that Putin and Trump have their little plan for Trump never to leave office but that ain't going to happen because they're going to drag Trump out of that oval office if he thinks he's going to stay forever remember these are two of the shadiest people in the world and don't put nothing past them
And Trump telling us what cars to buy that's none of his business because he ain't going to be in there long enough to even initiate us paying more for foreign cars this is all a little game he plays so he can look popular when he looks like a damn fool every day
Smelling a massive lie
Jesus Tap Dancing Christ
THEIFS LIKE trump😮
trump wants to line his pockets and family and friends.
trump is not a real President 👇
Corruption. Also noticed the mans pin on the right.
Thank you thank you!!! The lady finally reacted how we all do 🤣 “BIDEN. BIEDEN. BIDEN.” It’s almost 2027 !!!
Corrupt