CNN reports that Pres. Trump has decided not to pardon Julian Assange or Edward Snowden because Congressional Republicans let it be known that he'd be punished for doing so. Snowden says it's a shame that Trump has allowed himself to be "bullied" and that "they're going to vote to impeach him anyway". (Doesn't Snowden realize that Trump has already been impeached, and only ten Republicans voted for that?)
But some breaking news: the
New York Times just repoted that Trump has pardoned his former campaign chair and White House adviser Steve Bannon, who is facing federal charges for fraud. I wonder if in the course of engaging in that activity, Bannon happened to violate any state laws.
Some people are suprised by this, because Bannon trashed Trump to some reporters.
On the other hand, Bannon appears to have destroyed text messages that might have incriminated Trump in the Russia scandal.
(Bannon was arrested at sea by U.S. Postal Police, on a Chinese bilionaire's yacht off the coast of Connecticut.)
Justin Amash: "It went from 'Mexico will pay for it!' to 'You will pay for it!' to 'You will pay Steve Bannon, and I will pardon him for defrauding you!'"
Update: Trump is apparently pardoning Elliott Broidy, the former RNC deputy finance chair who pleaded guilty to being an unregistered foreign agent for his work lobbying the U.S. Dept. of Justice to stop an investigation into a huge Malayasian fraud scheme.
The
Washington Post says there may be close to 150 pardons issued.
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The
Times has
put together a list of every Twitter insult that Trump issued from 2015 to 2021.
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CNN reports that some Trump supporters expect the President to declare martial law imminently. Speaking of cults, I like Jane Coaston's
comments here on QAnon, and how it "isn’t a political problem, and there is no real political solution."
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It's nauseating to me that Stephen Miller never got his comeuppance.