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Smells a little bit like the Kids for Cash¹ corruption scandal from a few years ago. Just last year, President Biden commuted the sentence of one of the corrupt judges who had been convicted for sending kids to a private detention center in exchange for kick-backs from the owner of the facility. For some reason presidents love to pardon despicable evil people, way more often than they ever seem to pardon people who genuinely deserve mercy. Trump is the worst offender of all in this regard, it seems like he's selling pardons to anyone who will pay the price²³.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_for_cash_scandal

2. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/L8oj3-vdJ-8

3. https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2023/05/16/giulian...





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