Is Trump's recent spate of pardons getting any airtime on cable news?

Or is everyone still laser focused on how bad Joe Biden's presidency was? Has CNN stopped hawking Tapper's book long enough to even mention some of these?

For context...

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5323686-trump-clemency-chrisley-hoover-rowland-grimm/

• Imaad Zuberi was sentenced in 2021 to 12 years in prison after being convicted of obstructing an investigation into the presidents 2017 inaugural committee, in addition to violating lobbying, campaign finance and tax laws.
• Former Connecticut Gov. John Rowland (R) received a pardon after being convicted in two federal cases... In 2014, he was convicted of election fraud and obstruction of justice. The guilty verdict came more than a decade after he pleaded guilty to being involved in a $90,000 pay-to-play scheme that brought him luxury flights from Key Air of Oxford to Las Vegas and Florida, according to NBC Connecticut.
• Former Rep. Michael Grimm (R-N.Y.) was pardoned after resigning from the House of Representatives and pleading guilty to one count of felony tax fraud, and he acknowledged committing perjury, hiring illegal immigrants, and committing wire fraud, according to The New York Times.
• Former Arkansas state Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson was pardoned after being sentenced in 2023 to more than four years in prison in two cases involving bribery and tax fraud. He was one of several lawmakers and health care executives convicted in a Medicare fraud case, the Arkansas Democrat Gazette reported.
• Labor union leader James Callahan received a pardon one day before his scheduled sentencing before a federal judge.
• The former general president of the International Union of Operating Engineers pleaded guilty to accepting $315,000 in unreported goods and services from an advertising firm that the union used to place ads.
• Former Cincinnati City Council member Alexander P.G. Sittenfeld (D) received a pardon following his 2022 conviction for bribery and extortion related to donations to a political action committee, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported.
• Reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley were granted clemency Wednesday after a 2022 conviction on bank fraud and tax evasion charges.
• Charles Scott was convicted of fraud for his role helping an Ohio corporation defraud investors. He also attempted to manipulate the companys stock, according to the Department of Justice. In 2024, he was sentenced to three years in prison for securities fraud and ordered to pay a $500,000 fine.
• The president commuted Marian Morgans 33-year sentence after she was convicted of wire fraud, attempts to defraud the United States, money laundering and making false statements on income tax returns, according to the Office of the Pardon Attorney.
• Lawrence Duran had a 50-year sentence commuted. He was ordered to pay $87,533,863.46 in restitution after committing health care fraud and money laundering, as recorded by the Office of the Pardon Attorney.

PS - Republicans claim to be tough on crime, but it's pretty clear they only mean certain kinds of crimes committed by certain kinds of people.

Nope, I haven't seen any coverage on CNN or MSNBC. I suppose I could have missed it, though.

Bass posted...

Nope, I haven't seen any coverage on CNN or MSNBC. I suppose I could have missed it, though.

I'd be surprised if O'Donnell at the very least wasn't on it for MSNBC. As for CNN...

CNN is in Trump's pocket as is most of MSNBC. Maybe Lawrence O'Donnell will bring it up.

Meanwhile, the man selling pardons is concerned that the previous administration might have abused the system.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5330601-trump-doj-reviewing-biden-pardons/

The Department of Justice is reviewing pardons doled out under former President Biden, citing concerns about whether Biden himself was making decisions about clemency power, a senior administration official confirmed to The Hill.

The official told The Hill that pardon attorney Ed Martin will lead an independent review to determine if unelected staffers took advantage of Biden when it came to pardons and commutations.

darkace77450 posted...

Or is everyone still laser focused on how bad Joe Biden's presidency was?

Not necessarily everyone, but you pretty much nailed it. They love to primarily focus most of their attention on Biden/Democrats instead of Trump. Essentially normalizing Trump andor fostering a false equivalence of Democrats and Trump.

Its less interesting to complain about Trump, and the usuals tend to enjoy rallying around convincing as many as possible Democrats are almost as bad if not worse than Trump. Hence why the usuals love to play dumb when anyone points out what they are doing nationwide contributes to the vibe Trump isnt all that bad.

The party of law and order, ladies and gentlemen.

Every show on msnbc covers these pardons.

But given that this is just a greedy, stupid man who likes to abuse something that is totally under his control, the stories tend to be quick updates.

They are rightly covering the disasterous trade deals, FEMA, tariffs, and Ukraine.