Trump's Pardons and the Mockery of the U.S. Justice System
Fasten your seatbelts because I’m pissed. I’m going to channel my inner-Tupac to capture the essence of the moment: Fuck you Convicted Felon Donald Trump. Fuck you for making our cities more dangerous and for making a mockery of the lifework of those that labor long hours at low pay – when the government isn’t shutdown - to investigate and prosecute the criminals that jeopardize our safety.
My rant is well-placed so let me explain:
Over the past ten months, we have watched Trump issue a series of pardons that only make sense if their purpose is to enrich Trump, his family members, or hangers-on. Whether you are a corrupt politician, Ponzi schemer, insurrectionist, or healthcare fraudster, you will get a pass if you hire the right people in Trump’s orbit to sing your praises and otherwise come ready to pay-to-play.
But the NEW wave of pardons Trump has unleashed — particularly his just-announced pardon of Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras who was convicted in federal court for conspiring to import cocaine into the United States and conspiring to possess “destructive devices,” including machine guns, marks a descent into something far more dangerous: Trump is now blessing the drug trade while simultaneously blowing vessels and people out of the water because they’re a part of…the drug trade.
https://katiephang.substack.com/p/trumps-pardons-and-the-mockery-of