Hillary Clinton joined the board of Walmart when her husband Bill became governor of Arkansas. Hunter Biden sat on the board of a Ukrainian gas company.
While technically not illegal, I thought these moves were disgraceful.
But what President Trump is doing is absolutely unprecedented.
Here is some of the people he pardoned:
Ross Ulbricht : Convicted of distribution of drugs, engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, fraud with identification documents, conspiracy to commit money laundering
Changpeng Zhao : CEO of Binance, a crypto company. Convicted of money laundering.
Rod Blagojevich : Former Illinois Governor. Convicted of wire fraud, extortion, corrupt solicitation of funds
Trevor Milton : Former CEO of Nikoa. Convicted of wire fraud and securities fraud
Michele Fiore : Nevada politician. Collected over $70,000 in charitable donations to erect a memorial to fallen Vegas police officers. She spent all the money on personal expenses. Convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud; wire fraud
Steve Buyer: Indiana congressman. Convicted of insider trading.
Scott Howard Jenkins : Sheriff of Culpeper County. He received $75,000 in bribes. Conspiracy to commit bribery concerning programs receiving Federal funds, honest services mail fraud, and honest service wire fraud; honest services mail fraud; honest services wire fraud (three counts); bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds (seven counts)
Juan Orlando Hernández: Former President of Honduras. Convicted of facilitating the transport of cocaine to the United States.
Robert Henry Harshbarger Jr : He is the husband of congresswoman Diana Harshbarger. Convicted of misrepresenting unapproved medications from China as approved kidney dialysis drugs for his patients.
John Rowland: Former Governor of Connecticut. Pled guilty to corruption charges stemming from illegal gifts from contractors. Convicted of conspiracy to defraud the United States, falsification of records in a federal investigation, illegal campaign contributions
Jeremy Young Hutchinson: Son of Arkansas Senator Tim Hutchinson. Convicted of conspiracy to commit bribery
Todd Chrisley and Judy Chrisley: TV reality stars. Defrauded banks by creating fake documents to obtain $30 million in loans, then later avoiding repayment when Todd declared bankruptcy. Convicted of fraud and tax evasion;
P.G. Sittenfeld : Ohio politician. Convicted of accepting bribes from undercover FBI agents posing as real estate developers
Hillary Clinton joined the board of Walmart when her husband Bill became governor of Arkansas. Hunter Biden sat on the board of a Ukrainian gas company.
While technically not illegal, I thought these moves were disgraceful.
But what President Trump is doing is absolutely unprecedented.
Here is some of the people he pardoned:
Ross Ulbricht : Convicted of distribution of drugs, engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, fraud with identification documents, conspiracy to commit money laundering
Changpeng Zhao : CEO of Binance, a crypto company. Convicted of money laundering.
Rod Blagojevich : Former Illinois Governor. Convicted of wire fraud, extortion, corrupt solicitation of funds
Trevor Milton : Former CEO of Nikoa. Convicted of wire fraud and securities fraud
Michele Fiore : Nevada politician. Collected over $70,000 in charitable donations to erect a memorial to fallen Vegas police officers. She spent all the money on personal expenses. Convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud; wire fraud
Steve Buyer: Indiana congressman. Convicted of insider trading.
Scott Howard Jenkins : Sheriff of Culpeper County. He received $75,000 in bribes. Conspiracy to commit bribery concerning programs receiving Federal funds, honest services mail fraud, and honest service wire fraud; honest services mail fraud; honest services wire fraud (three counts); bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds (seven counts)
Juan Orlando Hernández: Former President of Honduras. Convicted of facilitating the transport of cocaine to the United States.
Robert Henry Harshbarger Jr : He is the husband of congresswoman Diana Harshbarger. Convicted of misrepresenting unapproved medications from China as approved kidney dialysis drugs for his patients.
John Rowland: Former Governor of Connecticut. Pled guilty to corruption charges stemming from illegal gifts from contractors. Convicted of conspiracy to defraud the United States, falsification of records in a federal investigation, illegal campaign contributions
Jeremy Young Hutchinson: Son of Arkansas Senator Tim Hutchinson. Convicted of conspiracy to commit bribery
Todd Chrisley and Judy Chrisley: TV reality stars. Defrauded banks by creating fake documents to obtain $30 million in loans, then later avoiding repayment when Todd declared bankruptcy. Convicted of fraud and tax evasion;
P.G. Sittenfeld : Ohio politician. Convicted of accepting bribes from undercover FBI agents posing as real estate developers