Intermediaries and self-described brokers are offering convicted felons pathways to secure presidential pardons from Donald Trump in exchange for substantial fees, often without any guarantee of success. These brokers frequently promote alleged ties to Trump or his political allies, offering to circumvent the traditional Department of Justice clemency review process. Legal experts warn that these arrangements carry significant financial risks with no assurance of clemency, while spokespersons emphasize that the authority to grant pardons rests solely with the presidency.
- Brokers are charging significant sums to felons and their families, claiming they can advocate directly to Donald Trump and his associates for clemency.
- These services typically bypass the established application procedures managed by the Department of Justice’s Office of the Pardon Attorney.
- Clients often pay high non-refundable fees despite receiving no formal assurances that a pardon will actually be granted.
- Ethics watchdogs and legal specialists caution that unregulated pardon brokering can exploit desperate individuals navigating the criminal justice system.
- The U.S. Constitution grants exclusive pardon power to the president, and outside lobbyists possess no official authority over clemency decisions.
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trump is the king croc of the swamp.
Trump's family and administration are part of his "organized crime" syndicate. He pardons a lot of criminals to come and work for him.
Damn every time Jacob Wohl pops up, he's uglier than the last time he crawled out from under his rock! Whatever happened to that guy they hired to pretend Elizabeth Warren sexually harassed him? Only a fool would give these grifters money 😂😂😂
The Age of the Con Man
America call your Congress people we need to put an end of the Presidential pardon power and this corruption! Do it today, if fake 2 minutes and follow up with an email!
Capitalism.
Americans realizing how corrupt their country is will always blow my mind, we know it down in southern Mexico, how could you not? Why do you think we love going there? Corruption and tons of work! Its heaven!❤
Ummm, OATH🤷♀️🤷♂️🤷🤷♀️🤷♂️
Putting Biden’s pardon for a low-level crime or crimes committed by a son and Anthony Fauci a preemptive pardon so the neo fascist Maga regime didn’t go after him for retaliatory prosecutions is a stretch their 60 minutes. He’ll never get any props.
One of the “duo” has a striking resemblance to Barron. 🤷♂️🤷♀️🤷
Of Course
DJ is putting in Place Procedure to Pardon Crookes
He's setting up what He & His Families WILL Need Legally as soon as He's left the Asylum.
Remember he tried to start Civil War in the US & when it didn't happen when he got the Gullible American to put Him back in the Whitehouse he Flung Open the Jails & released those who tried to Destroy America.
GUYS,Wake Up
LIARS!
Holy crap these guys are as sleezy as Trump i didnt think it was possible
Scammer in Chief!! The SYSTEM needs to change!!
No worries. These guys will go to jail after TACO is out of the WH. Maybe then they will need their own pardon broker.
Isn't CBS the 🟠🤡 channel?
Ghislaine Maxwell buys a pardon from Donald J Trump so the billionaires can all ride off into the sunset (except for Jeffrey Epstein who "left early"). Nothing to see here.
Boosie made 60 minutes!! Crazy world we’re in.
Is it …Justice or …Just us?
60 minutes came back with a vengeance
Yeah THAT is not demonic or anything.
money play by politicians and the rich. Money is the talking to all
This is beyond criminal, when will we finally put a stop to this madness. Normalizing this kind of corruption is in its self evil.
People do anything for money, so people aren't fit to tell other people what other people should be doing. Every human should get land ownership from birth to at least get enough room for 20 fruit trees to be able to survive on own, because rules never worked the same for everybody. Society is a fiction of the ruling class. There is no society, it's just greed and selfishness. And btw locking people up in prison is not humane. Give everybody land, don't force people into education and other things, then there will be less crime, monitor public streets, not private homes. If you find criminals, then give them normal land with house and make them do some forced humane work and never let them out to public street again.
60 minutes wouldn't investigated Hunter Biden laptop said there was no evidence this stupid reporter. She now reporting on BS claims some dudes are hustling people for money with no evidence they can do anything but talk and to try make a connection that the president knows about it is just more example of why the media can't be trusted.
America truly is for sale 😔
60 minutes will be cancelled for this. 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Trump has always been corrupt.
These guys have such an over-inflated sense of themselves & their smarminess radiates from them.