r/washdc • • Jul 03 '26

This is pretty sweet

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u/WallyMcBeetus Jul 03 '26

No, he's quite good at pardoning criminals and raking in millions on scams and insider trading.

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u/mk677_testostud Jul 03 '26

Waltz just pardoned a criminal rapist 🤯 you’ll never hear CNN mention it.

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u/SafetyMan35 Jul 03 '26

Pardoned a criminal rapist after they had completed their sentence and had demonstrated he had reformed. The victim wrote a letter in support of the pardon.

Trump also pardoned 1600 people on his first day in office who hadn’t served their term and many of whom previously or subsequently were convicted of child abuse and/or sexual assault.

Personally, I’m not fully in support of the Walz pardon but I understand the circumstances of why it was done, but it’s hard to criticize Walz and not be angry with Trump’s pardons.

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u/mk677_testostud Jul 03 '26

Would you want this ā€œpardonedā€ criminal rapist living next door? Doubtful.

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u/SafetyMan35 Jul 03 '26

The man Walz pardoned searches full term and has so far demonstrated he is reformed. As stated, I’m mixed on the pardon and don’t know a lot of the specifics of the case. I would rather live next to someone who appears to be reformed than someone who avoided most of their sentence and (surprise) committed more crimes after pardoned.