The Infamous Duke Cunningham Included In Trump Flurry Of 11th Hour Pardons | Talking Points Memo

God bless Randy.

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And the sentencings, all of them.

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Nevermind

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Trump issued Cunningham a conditional pardon, as Cunningham was released from prison in 2013.

What does “conditional” mean, here?

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Donald Trump- I only have one regret, that I did not have enough time to award the Medal of Freedom to someone I had previously pardoned.

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Liver blowouts happen seldom because other complications tend to beat them to the punch. Such as esophageal hemorrhaging, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, hepatorenal syndrome, encephalopathy, invasions of multidrug resistant organisms. So while you’re not likely to get your wish, there are plenty of consolation prizes in the offing.

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And in the 11th hour, he finally “drained the swamp”, just not in the way we thought.

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Did Trump pardon Putin and Kim for poisoning their political opposition? He obviously still thinks he’s King of the world.

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FIFY?

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On the condition that he doesn’t commit the same crimes again…for at least four more years?

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Sir Griftalot

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FWIW, this was reported on by local (OKC, anyway) news, multiple times.

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All the news that fits!!

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Cunningham, unlike the others, has some redeeming qualities:

" Randy “Duke” Cunningham joined the U.S. Navy and became one of the most highly decorated pilots in the Vietnam War. As the first fighter ace of the Vietnam War, flying the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, he flew numerous combat missions from aboard the USS Constellation."

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Did Giuliani get an agreement that Trump would not be paying his legal bills, but instead could solicit lobbying fees fr pardons?

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So no pardons for Ghouliani or Doof jr or Hansum Erich or Kushnerd?
Bring on the grand juries!

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The pattern of pardons is heavily weighted in favor of those who corrupted their office or like Bannon conned dupes out of their money. Trump identifies with such people, bigly.

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No, the DOJ Pardon Attorney site explicitly says that a pardon is not an exoneration and will likely contain a new FAQ entry that says, “Yes, the Golden Duke is still legit. That shit’s funny!”

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Don’t forget acute pancreatitis, which can be lethal, followed by diabetes if not lethal, blownout stomach, all sorts of nasties affecting the gut from one end to the other, and some side surprises for the heart. Assisted living before even being of Social Security age and Depends. Looking forward to it for him.

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So did Judas before he accepted the 30 pieces of silver and Benedict Arnold before he defected.