alt Hacker NewsI'm just shocked it was a full pardon instead of a commutation or something. I don't think the US is gaining a ton from keeping him locked up but he still did run an organization he knew was used for selling drugs and other illegal things and a full pardon for that seems weird. I feel like I mainly heard people talking about commuting his sentence
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timewizard • 01/22/2025
Is there some reason he should not be allowed to vote, own a firearm, or receive federal benefits?
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BurningFrog • 01/22/2025
I agree that a commutation would have made much more sense.
But "always make sense" doesn't seem to be in Trumps OKRs...
That's mostly a symbolic difference though. The practical end result is the same
He built a website. He didn't dictate how people used it. That was the point. He was charged as a drug kingpin with mobster era consequences. His sentence didn't fit whatever crimes he did or didn't commit.