Trump's Pardon Economy, Explained
EPISODE 331: Brace Belden wants to go to heaven.
I started thinking about the presidential pardon, in earnest, last June.
Over lunch one day, an attorney I’d gotten to know through his role in various sports investigations had told me, very casually, that he’d also been helping a couple of his clients navigate Trumpworld so they could buy presidential pardons.
More than ever before, it turns out, certain convicts can effectively buy the closest thing our country offers to divine intervention: a get-out-of-jail free card for anyone who’s committed federal crimes and/or fraud. (You know: the problems this administration lately says they’re very concerned about.)
And so we then called up the former U.S. pardon attorney, Liz Oyer, who’d been fired by attorney general Pam Bondi after an episode involving Mel Gibson. (That’s the kind of episode this is.)
And then we invited our pal Brace Belden, of TrueAnon, who thankfully contributed his mental card-catalog of scammers — and broad lack of sports knowledge (apologies, Darryl Strawberry and Pete Rose) — to help us bring this story to life.
SPOILER ALERT:
Amen,
Pablo
The Pardon thing is vile and disgusting. We’ve got to protect ourselves and put guard rails up against giving a president power to do this.
The next episode of Pablo Tori finds out what year it is??? did the New Year's actually happen??? or you just get paid for commercials linked to life insurance in 2025??? shit I guess I gotta get that insurance quick fast!!! because it's obviously 2026!!! even Kawhi Leonard knows that!!!