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Rhiannon12866

(260,903 posts) Mon Jun 22, 2026, 07:41 PM 11 hrs ago

'Felt like another Bernie Madoff deal': Trump QUASHED criminal probe into fraudster's clemency - Deadline - MS NOW

Bombshell new reporting from the New York Times reveals that "President Trump’s political appointees quashed an early-stage criminal investigation into the circumstances surrounding his clemency grant to a convicted fraudster [David Gentile]."

Nicolle Wallace is joined by Nicole Hong, who broke this reporting for the New York Times, and Liz Oyer for analysis on Deadline: White House. - Aired on 06/22/2026.

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'Felt like another Bernie Madoff deal': Trump QUASHED criminal probe into fraudster's clemency - Deadline - MS NOW (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 11 hrs ago OP

If TrumpenFuhrer was in office when Madoff was indicted dollars to donuts he could have bought himself a pardon. NoMoreRepugs 11 hrs ago #1

NoMoreRepugs

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1. If TrumpenFuhrer was in office when Madoff was indicted dollars to donuts he could have bought himself a pardon.

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Mon Jun 22, 2026, 08:04 PM

11 hrs ago

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