So the thread on his pardons....If you are a Law Officer accused of brutality or racism OR you were convicted on some FEC/ violation
OR committed some Medicare fraud OR real estate/investment scam.
(ok even I will admit...there were a few (not listed here) that I thought were legit and justified a pardon)
JOHN TATE AND JESSE BENTON
The men were top staffers on Ron Paul’s 2012 presidential campaign and convicted in 2016 of causing false records and campaign expenditure reports to be filed to the Federal Election Commission.
STEPHANIE MOHR
The former Maryland police officer was convicted in 2001 of violating a homeless man’s civil rights by letting her police dog attack him even though he had surrendered.
JAMES BATMASIAN
real-estate investor in South Florida. He pleaded guilty to cheating the federal government out of more than $250,000 by failing to pay federal taxes for employees at his company.
GARY BRUGMAN
The former U.S. Border Patrol agent was convicted of striking and violating the civil rights of a man who had crossed the U.S. border illegally.
MARY MCCARTY
McCarty, a former county commissioner in Palm Beach County, Florida, was issued a full pardon on Wednesday. She was convicted of a federal criminal charge for honest services fraud.
This was a nice touch...White House said her pardon was supported by Christopher Ruddy, the CEO of Newsmax Media.
MARK SILJANDER
Michigan congressman was convicted of obstructing justice and failing to register as a foreign agent. He was sentenced to serve more than a year in prison after being accused of accepting stolen funds on behalf of a Missouri charity with alleged terrorism ties.
ROBERT COUGHLIN
Coughlin worked in the Justice Department and was convicted of a conflict of interest charge for his role in the influence peddling scandal surrounding former lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
JOSEPH OCCHIPINTI
an agent with the INS was convicted in 1991 of conspiracy to violate civil rights ...he illegally detained and searched Hispanic store owners in New York City and then made false statements to cover-up those activities.
RICKEY KANTER
Kanter founded a company known as Dr. Comfort, selling special shoes and inserts for diabetics, and was convicted of mail fraud tied to illegal Medicare reimbursements.
DANIELA GOZES-WAGNER
The Houston woman was convicted in a $50 million health care fraud scheme in 2017
MARK SHAPIRO AND IRVING STITSKY
Trump commuted Shapiro and Stitsky’s sentences after they were convicted in federal court in New York of defrauding more than 250 people in a $23 million real estate scam.
ANDREW BARRON WORDEN
runs an investment firm was convicted of wire fraud in 1998. Records from SEC show Worden was accused of defrauding several brokerage firms out of more than $130,000
WILLIAM J. PLEMONS JR.
Plemons was convicted of various financial crimes in the late 1990s and early 2000s
JAMES KASSOUF
Kassouf pleaded guilty in 1989 to a federal tax offense.
