A Parting Shot of Corruption

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President Trump's last pardons are bad. They aren't normal. But it could have been much worse. Warning: Contains opinion. #OpEd
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[@3pizza43]

everyone who has worked for trump is so polite. everyone is just going around saying "pardon me"

[@ninjaexitonly]

Yup this is it. My favorite joke of the day

[@michaelstreilein9788]

😂😂😂

[@ShadowProject01]

Congratulations sir/madam you have won the Internet today😂

[@AdamApplebaum]

Pardon me while I burst into flames! I've had enough of the world and the people's smile escapes. Jk song reference heh

[@Chas-OTE]

👏👏👏

[@debbieaguilar5498]

“Pardon the swamp”.

[@saxyrep1]

More like "Hire and then pardon the swamp !"

[@______608]

loll ikr

[@ddamianforeman8803]

No. Wait...oh, God, no...

[@dusk6159]

@@saxyrep1 Indeed!

[@felixsantosa3815]

When "it could've been worse" is the good news here then something has gone very, very wrong.

[@brandon_Larsen]

Well.... Biden was elected soooo it's gotten much worse. (Not even a Trump supporter, I just hate Biden even more than Trump)

[@armedwombat6816]

@@brandon_Larsen Yeah, I can see how a flawed human being would be worse than the amalgamation of all of humanitys worst flaws with a shitty spray tan on top. /s

[@brandon_Larsen]

@@armedwombat6816 Yeah... I can see how "Trump is literally Hitler" too, & how "Trump was literally a dictator" It's time to get, literally Joseph Stalin out of office now.

[@troyklein6379]

i think both suck

[@Alevamltd]

Trump put children in cages.

[@Ayeohx]

And this is just the corruption we seen.

[@brockobamagh1851]

Amazing, since there were no tech oligarchs or mainstream media cover it up.

[@tragene2250]

Neither side can take the high ground on corruption. Both parties are corrupt. How else do they all become millionaires once they get into office. Even though they have little when they get elected. The party elite and the media keep all the minions in check with conflicting information, empty promises, and the old smoke and mirrors. People are treated like cattle and those that fail to think for themselves are too blind to see how they are manipulated.

[@francisxavier8374]

the swamp really was the friends we made along the way

[@Pikana]

He drained the swamp alright. He drained the prison that was keeping that swamp contained.

[@souldrinkerducy]

Not a swamp under Trump was a full blown lake

[@mikenestor]

Duc Anatis Gaming not a lake, a cesspool.

[@averyeml]

And boy are me and my swamp drained 😓

[@PeterParker-ff7ub]

I'm not friends with trumps friends

[@vimbert]

"Just say it. Three little words, and I'm yours." "Former President Trump."

[@jgouken3636]

"Keep saying it please. I really like hearing it."

[@bornagain113]

Twice impeached former president Rump

[@jgouken3636]

@@bornagain113 even better

[@xanderledford1401]

@lord j thats hella ironic

[@junipereevee2153]

I need to hear that clip on loop.

[@Anonanoksososoeii]

Someone bring back the guy who threw the shoe at bush.

[@sptony2718]

And a whole truck load of shoes. It's not done with just one.

[@johanrunfeldt7174]

You do your own shoe launching. That guy has a life, you know.

[@AtheneHolder]

Whatever happened to that guy??

[@ssj2camaro21]

So you as an American citizen, are ok with a foreigner, (who doesn't like America) to disrespect a sitting US president? We call people like you "traitor".

[@sptony2718]

@@ssj2camaro21 I also disrespect standing presidents. The exact position doesn't matter.

[@joelhouseholder8406]

So by "draining the swamp" what he meant was, lowering the overall level of the swamp by making a bigger swamp.

[@oliversmalley7771]

Precisely. Make this thing look less bad by doing a worse thing over here! Brilliant!

[@Fuzzypotato2]

Drain the swamp, fill it with swamp monsters.

[@lewisbeer6156]

Drain the swamp, fill it with sewage

[@mellynnn]

LMFAO

[@aggressivelyamicable5987]

Draining the swamp [into a larger one] -Trump, 2017-2021

[@johnblaze8774]

Meanwhile people are serving life for minor drug offences.

[@lukec1471]

@Prayingmantis 211 wow 2 whole people. I’m so impressed

[@bjabbott8717]

Are those people in prison because of the '94 crime bill?

[@fallout3fan623]

Ykno if everyone that voted for him couldn’t vote again, there’d be riots, but when anyone with a J can be pulled off the streets and never be allowed to vote again, that’s just business as usual

[@ToniGlick]

And millions of us are broke or barely scraping by while the fat cats cheat and steal money and get off Scot free. Anonymous, if you exist, maybe do something about this crap!

[@mizzorebiggestfan]

@Brandon well... Regan also turbo charged it and lets not pretend nixon didn't either. Of the people listed only Biden has expressed regret while republicans have since doubled down on it to win cheap political points so maybe dont try that.

[@sealogic4552]

The way you say “former president Trump” at the start has its own gravity field

[@billeethesciencegeek]

As does trump.

[@rc7625]

@@billeethesciencegeek Lmfao! 😂

[@criznittle968]

everything has its own gravity field

[@DarkShroom]

Trump's gravity field will put brain-worms in your mind and lead you into he capitol building

[@SachAlvarez]

@@criznittle968 gravity does not exist

[@markbutler408]

At least you get to say "Former" infront of his name everytime

[@ginnyjollykidd]

Or you don't even have to say president at all, now.

[@Jartran72]

@@ginnyjollykidd I mean everyone keeps their titel in america after retirement. It is still president Obama and secretary Hillary Clinton. But yes we should give him some new title like orange fart or cancer of democracy

[@scottslotterbeck3796]

I love Trump, compared to the turnip brain we have now. Did consider your paid course on copyright, but not now!!!

[@benbauer7866]

“I reject your swamp and substitute my own” -Donald Trump

[@jayforeman5299]

It's funny when politicians say "No one is above the law."

[@pinkimietz3243]

Rich people.

[@escutus]

Now he is going to be shown as an example for it not being true.

[@gm2407]

Its incomplete. "No one is above the law, many are bellow contempt."

[@Blokewood3]

"The law applies to everyone." --Richard Nixon "When the President does it, that means it's not illegal." --Richard Nixon

[@gm2407]

@@Blokewood3 For all his nasty flaws I was of the opinion that Nixon was smarter than Trump. Nixon had to leave his second term early with a ruined reputation but didn't go to prison. Trump saw out a Presedency where a partisan Senate kept him in office, where even the 70's Republicans looked like they would turn on Nixon, which is a reason he resigned because he couldn't hold his position. I am interested to know, do we think Trump will go to prison at all? He should, but I don't think he will.

[@JackgarPrime]

I will say, I was fully expecting him to do some kind of huge, sweeping pardon for the Capitol rioters. Glad that didn't happen, at least.

[@jonasdatlas4668]

I was about to say, I’m positively surprised he didn’t try to issue a blanket pardon there.

[@lenkacfk7155]

He would have to care for them in the first place...

[@widdershins5383]

He was going to but his handlers managed to convince him it would be bad for him. Basically because they did it at his incitement, so it would have implicated him even more in the rioting.

[@catherinepraus8635]

Me too wonder how they like him now 🤔

[@jasthebaker]

He doesn't care for them they were only tools in his plan.

[@huntermcgoofus6905]

I like how he put "Warning: Contains opinion" to not get attacked XD

[@tcb268]

"We will drain the swamp" So his friends can become the swamp.

[@theeternalslayer]

Not surprised I'm glad he lost

[@MisterHeroman]

He saved Lil Wayne so he's all good in my book.

[@Ginsenguy]

This was the trickle down they've been waiting for 😏

[@valdomero738]

So Trump only pardoned spies who stole our intelligence secrets and white collar criminals, shocking.

[@MisterHeroman]

@@valdomero738 Source?

[@Dare5358]

"Not normal"..... but he got away with nearly all of it, so that means it was legal. THAT'S the problem.

[@sirkana]

Not yet he didn't. Legal cases will probably start trickling in as the days pass.

[@TheBrothergreen]

​@@sirkana Maybe for tax fraud or conspiracy to ________, but I highly doubt that he will be tried for anything *he did* while in office, more than half of which was quite illegal.

[@garudagal23]

Just cuz someone isnt charged wuth a crime diesnt mean what they did is now legal. But the unnwriten rules he broke about presidents could now be gone unless they are turned into laws

[@stradius]

Well, "lawmakers" in the GOP refused to hold him accountable, which is what made it legal in the first place; the problem wasn't a lack of codified law, it was a lack of non-partisan enforcement thereof.

[@PostScarcitytCat]

Nah we should let people be unaccountable sometimes because democracy or something

[@robertrivers8180]

Objection It wasn't a swamp. It was federally protected wetlands.

[@-Fritz-]

Nah, he tried to auction that one off: www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/05/trump-arctic-national-wildlife-refuge-lease-sales

[@PastaAivo]

Sometimes reality is weirder than fiction

[@hydrolito]

Wetland is another name for a swamp and rain forest is another name for a jungle.

[@josemariareyes3448]

onision: this sign can’t stop me, I can’t read

[@--Skip--]

Yep. Well said.

[@panzerwolf494]

Lol, love all the MAGAs that chanted "drain the swamp". Trump is the swamp

[@7DK7DK]

Trump was corrupted by the swamp.... 1 man isn't enough to stop the establishment apparatus.

[@panzerwolf494]

@@7DK7DK Hahaha, ok. Follow the trail back. He didn't just become corrupt in office. He's been corrupt since he was old enough to sign a check

[@guitubagrips9719]

When will people realize that our leaders are all in cahoots to keep us down and against each other

[@7DK7DK]

@@guitubagrips9719 no people are always prone to conflict the transnational elites exploit that

[@BloodyBay]

@@guitubagrips9719 Agreed. *_Both_* major political parties are rat bastards, and neither party is our friends. Wouldn't it be nice if we could throw both the GOP _and_ the Dems into the ocean, elevate our Third Parties while creating a _few more_ new parties, and start fresh with an electoral system more like what our Founding Fathers had in mind?

[@Canada1994]

Who else WASN'T surprised when they heard of the Bannon pardon?

[@mobilemania4882]

"It could have been worse" the bar is now so low that we may need James Cameron to dive to find the bloody thing.

[@kellylipera6734]

Nice South Park reference

[@tylerbentley14]

Make sure to play the theme music!

[@neolexiousneolexian6079]

@@kellylipera6734 South Park? James Cameron actually did dive to the bottom of the ocean in a submersible, probably because he worships Cthulhu or something.

[@ARedMotorcycle]

He's gonna have to fight Randy Newman again.

[@anonymone453]

@@neolexiousneolexian6079 James Cameron doesn't do what James Cameron does for Cthulhu. James Cameron does what James Cameron does because James Cameron *is* James Cameron.

[@cartmansnipples]

Dude was really just handing out get out of jaill free cards for his homies

[@gunzakimbo]

"Homies" Willing to pay him thousands of dollars. Lol

[@ricardosierra749]

For real. As a regular citizen I hope he is brought to justice. If I tried to pull even half of the stuff he has... I be put in jail PERIOD!!!

[@rocketsmall4547]

didn't pardon joe exotic because of his name 😂

[@DarkZerol]

Jebus... Trump pardoned all those sleezebags but not Joe Exotic. Imma disappointed. 😒

[@jackkraken3888]

Even if he doesn't get direct money exchange he will expect favours in future.

[@jammerbammer1]

The problem with the statement "This could have been much much worse." is that it is nearly always true.

[@edgardop.3498]

This man is out here pardoning his “useful” friends and once he’s chewed them up he’ll spit them right out and forget about them

[@gwillis01]

I totally agree Edgardo

[@Unriven]

The fact that a 2 time impeached president can pardon criminals that were loyal to him is disgusting.

[@purplegill10]

Putting it this way really hits home just how unbelievable this all is.

[@FezFindie]

@@purplegill10 Hopefully remains an anomaly as much as possible.

[@FlorenceFox]

I've been saying for a while now that the one good thing Trump did was highlight vividly the many, MANY things broken about our country and how our government is structured and functions. We need to make some massive changes to our society, and I think Trump did a pretty fantastic job of illustrating what needs to be changed and why.

[@warmateo6261]

Ah yes, another brainwashed and cringe pilled anime fan, who doesn't understand almost every president has done this.

[@popperpoppler4569]

@@warmateo6261 I know right? Why complain about anything anyone does? If trump killed someone, so what?? Other people have committed murder before, and some of them have gotten out of prison so why should trump get blamed for it? These leftists just don’t get it my friend. Trump is the living embodiment of everything good in our world and absolutely nothing could ever change my opinion on that. That’s how I know it’s right! If trump is doing bad things then he’s only doing them to help people. And if it’s not to help people then I don’t really care let him do whatever he wants that man is a god.

[@Axileoni]

Alternative title: Previous President's Parting Pardons.

[@hmhmoinsdk]

Avoid alliteration - always

[@KEVMAN7987]

Always alliterate - always

[@Klepto]

Potshot Pardons

[@AndrewBlucher]

That's a lot of PP

[@yiliangliang5694]

So many PPPs! Like in the pee-pee tape. But I do recall the Former President liking it.

[@WineScrounger]

Swamps are unique, complex and delicate environments and should be protected.

[@mattmorehouse9685]

It's an insult to say the US government is a swamp! Swamps deserve better!

[@xXMinetardXx]

I was absolutely amazed by this video, I don’t know how anyone in favor of trump could watch this and still claim that he should’ve had another term

[@fahoodxx3205]

Agree Joe Biden is doing an amazing job

[@gengarzilla1685]

Even one term was far too much. As an outsider, he systematically destroyed my trust in the USA. I can't believe I'm saying this but at least we're got Germany.

[@fahoodxx3205]

@@gengarzilla1685 same lol am an outsider too and he made a joke out of the USA and he he is at least partially responsible for gas prices going up worldwide

[@maynardcrow6447]

I'm an ex-heroin addict. When I got caught with possession charges I had to do my time. And still live with the felonies and consequences of my actions. AND THEY SHOULD HAVE TO TOO!

[@joelle4226]

I don’t think you should have to, but they definitely should

[@Chuckakhan]

They are still felons btw dude. Pardons carry the imputation of guilt meaning if their states have felony disenfranchisement they’ll never be allowed to vote again.

[@maynardcrow6447]

@@Chuckakhan Oh crap I forgot about that. Yeah but they should still have to do there time like I or anyone else would have to or have done.

[@maynardcrow6447]

@@joelle4226 I agree drug addiction is a mental illness and should be treated as so. When i went to jail everytime i got out i had more connections than before going in. It doesnt help anyone.

[@PenThoPlayer]

@@maynardcrow6447 This is exactly why I want to see drugs legalized in the US. Regulation rather than outright banning of them allows for people to seek help when addicted, and makes them safer to use in general, so that you won't just get a bad batch that could kill you.

[@kevinl9858]

The one common denominator seems to be the ability to pay the $2,000,000 asking price for a pardon

[@ericwsmith7722]

Clinton hardly charged that much ... where do you get your information from !

[@isla25]

@@ericwsmith7722 Although technically illegal to pay for a pardon there are other methods of money changing hands. The Irish Times, New york times, the Guardian to name a few broad sheet news papers have multiple articles highlighting ways. The pew research also have articles on the subject $2000,000 seems to come up a lot i the articles.

[@ericwsmith7722]

@@isla25 --I would like a name, and how the money was given to Trump. I mean if you are talking about a campaign war chest, Biden outspent him two to one.... Clinton was north of three to one. When an accuser will not lend a name to a accusation, that speaks volumes about the credibility. I hardly take everything Fox news says as gospel, and you should do the same with the far-left media because " it's not what you don't know that gets you in trouble, it's what you think you know for sure that's just not so that does".

[@coverweel2235]

@@ericwsmith7722 You probably missed it because you don't watch the news, but the name you're asking for is John Kiriakou. I'd recommend you try watching the video we're commenting on and consider which people were pardoned and what they were convicted of. Then maybe connect some of those dots and the idea that money was exchanged doesn't seem so unlikely. If there was watertight proof that money changed hands we wouldn't be sitting here speculating and we'd already be at the next stage where you're arguing that paying for a pardon is actually no big deal but right now that goalpost hasn't been moved yet.

[@ericwsmith7722]

@@coverweel2235 ---This is the problem with people who have already made up there mind. When I asked about names... I did not get one from you. EVERY article i read said "associate " as a source. Or was that the name , like Prince or Madona? At the very best you are getting second-hand information. So far either Guliani or Kiriakou has been charged with anything connected to that allegation. If you only name is the accused, I think he said he did not do it . Why would he say that to a reporter and not the FBI. where he could have made a deal to a sentence recommendation?

[@princessbuttercup8954]

Rudy Giuliani not getting a pardon after he lowered himself to the lowest, swampiest levels possible of sycophantry for trump is like Christmas morning all over again! 🤣🤣

[@LillyianPuppy]

It's like he drained the swamp and funneled it into our drinking water.

[@DrakiniteOfficial]

There absolutely needs to be a constitutional amendment to limit the power of the pardon. There is no question there.

[@dusk6159]

And there's no way the consequences can hit (and with a "maybe" too) only at the very worst of the worst of the pardons (so one's self). They should already be up at this already lowest level, it can't just be all normal.

[@matthewferrantino9521]

I disagree, not with your ideals, but I disagree that you can accomplish an alleviation of corruption. I agree it is corrupt. Remember the term civil war has been thrown around a lot. If we restrict pardons further then it is likely to make people more bitter to each other. I agree they are used corruptly. But what would you have people do? At least one half wants to hang the other half. Do we want to live to see both halves want to hang each other? I am sorry people can't be trusted. Really honestly. What I think is that corrupt people will always find ways to be corrupt and the possibility that someone deserving of a pardon is denied one because corruption ruined a nice thing....scares me. I'm not talking about Trump's cronies. Picture three Presidents from now, 24 years. What if someone needs a pardon but the President no longer has the authority? Like the opposite of the situation with Trump? Possibilities like that keep me awake. I think it's valid to accuse corruption of holding the law hostage.

[@MrThekillpoint]

@@matthewferrantino9521 "the possibility of a pardon being denied because corruption ruined a nice thing" Slippery Slope is a logical fallacy Basically what you're saying is there can't be a middle ground, its either you're able to pardon everyone or pardon no-one, I think this is pretty disengious. Obviously you can have limits without being too strict, there's absolutely no reason it has to be one way or the other. Not really sure what the two parties being at eachothers throats has to do with regulating pardons either...

[@jackfrank303]

"The last four years were not normal." Truer words were never spoken.

[@glenngriffon8032]

You'd think americans would know not to mess around with agent orange but well, here we are.

[@Direblade11]

I wonder if Americans will actually be able to de-radicalize after this. The two-party system they have is entirely riddled with corruption, not even mentioning their toxic culture.

[@brendankendall41]

Normal, perhaps not. Expected? Absolutely. We were laying the groundwork for Trump long before he got elected, and we need to reflect long and hard about the systems we've put into place

[@jonl.1603]

Understatement of the decade seems more like it :-) I'm so glad we're finally headed in the right direction.

[@Direblade11]

@@brendankendall41 YES. I'm Canadian. I literally pity your shitty democracy. Please please please let your opinion be heard, god damn.

[@kageakuma3009]

This is why I love you Legal Eagle, you are the most stand up lawyer I've met in my life, and I've known many lawyers just from having been the step son of a lawyer, best friend of the son of another lawyer, and all the forced introductions when you were forced into when you considered going into law and introduced to all your step father's associates when your mother dies and these people who you grew up calling uncles suddenly decide they don't know you. You are honest.

[@MrGringissimo]

We should probably just stop Presidential pardons, now. We ruined it and we shouldn't have it any more.

[@PikaPetey]

he pardoned business partners so he can have advantage in real estate again....

[@Bofore13]

I'm almost shocked to see you here. But it isn't like anybody else would do business with Trump at this point. "Hey remember that pardon? Gimmie that sweet sweet real estate."

[@Sniperbear13]

yeah, the Trump Brand is irredeemable at this point. No one is going to really want to be associated with the Trump name because of how deep Don has drove down his family name.

[@josephwimerYoYoYo]

If they are smart they won't do a thing for him in the future. Pardons are worth enjoying.

[@pottersky1]

@@josephwimerYoYoYo He's still connected, so he can still make their lives a living hell if they don't return the favor.

[@OlafoWaffle]

Gonna be hard when no bank wants to do business with him

[@User_Un_Friendly]

“A loud, orange fart.” That’s some brilliant rhetoric there LE. 🤣🤣🤣

[@marredcheese]

I almost spit out my drink at that! So unexpected and dry.

[@heisensaul5538]

I never thought a fart could have a color, but this is a perfect way to describe the Trump presidency

[@CaptWesStarwind]

10 points for that one.

[@AutumnCrusader]

It's appropriate since trump is slang for fart in the UK

[@AutumnCrusader]

@Nehemiah Scudder Gasioso

[@ernststravoblofeld]

Those guys can't stop grifting. Treat the pardons as a list of people to watch for new crimes, and they'll all get new charges sooner or later.

[@timmo971]

“Like a large orange fart leaving the room” Is that a legal term?

[@davidroosa4561]

it is now

[@shannansmith2188]

I can't breathe! Lol 😆🤣

[@Veni_Vidi_Vortice]

"Trump" means a loud fart in UK English. Genuinely.

[@AtheneHolder]

You never know... *pulls out Black's Law Dictionary*

[@lesleymariewade6405]

Seems to be Pardoning everyone who's guilty of the same Crimes he is ...

[@octavianpopescu4776]

And people say he lacks empathy 😃 He knows their pain, he did the same crimes, he knows what it's like, he's been in their shoes (got a cut himself, pardoned people do not squeal)

[@briancherry8088]

ALL the crime?

[@LimitedWard]

Not even. He pardoned only those he plans to do business with in the future.

[@BlackBinderGames]

@Lesley Marie Wade What crimes?

[@icewolf6062]

@@BlackBinderGames It really takes a special kind of stupid to still ask that question

[@Lrbearclaw]

As someone from the Detroit area, Kilpatrick's pardon pissed me off beyond words. That man should have been in prison forever.

[@thorr18BEM]

And that was just one out of 143 in one day. And he's been granting pardons for years. www.justice.gov/pardon/pardons-granted-president-donald-trump

[@Khronogi]

@@thorr18BEM I don't think they've been posted yet

[@thorr18BEM]

@@Khronogi oops, you are right. There's already 23 conspiracy pardons on there though. Donald is fond of criminal conspiracies.

[@dalpz205]

I was wondering how the people of Detroit felt. I remember seeing about him. It was awful. They went through a lot to get him convicted too if I remember correctly.

[@c187rocks]

I haven't lived in Detriot in over a decade and I'm pissed. I'm also trying to decide if I want to share this info with my spouse whose never been to Detriot. I'd like to bring them to Detriot sometime, but their hardened NYC exterior cracks whenever I talk about the crazy shit that was going on when I lived in Detriot.

[@erickmazur807]

thank you! you really helped guide me through this mess of crimes that recently took place

[@Relief2007]

I rarely comment on any videos, but you actually give me hope that there are good people out there working to ensure there is rule of law and corruption is outed. Keep up the amazing work, I have learned so much from you.

[@MellonVegan]

I've said it before and I'll say it again: a president should not be able to override the rule of law.

[@PolishKnightUSA]

Unless he's granting amnesty to illegals. In the meantime, Antifa just smashed up their own city. Again. Gotta love the new normal!

[@BigFootTheRealOne]

I have to say it again, no one and I mean no one should get away with insiding violence. Looking at you hypocritical Democrat leaders

[@idontwanttopickone]

@@PolishKnightUSA define "illigals" and then think about your name and the trip that your forefathers took and how they were likely treated by someone like you when they arrived in the land of the free. An America who hates immigrants is like a horse that enjoys eating glue. We are all stuck on the same rock in space together. Boarders and countries are just lines on maps that mean nothing. Wake up to the reality of the world we live in. Stop blaming others for your own issues. Get help for your aggression. Someone still cares for you. Learn to show that care to others. Give up on your hate and step back into humanity or you will die full of hate and self loathing. You are not alone in the world.

[@nolanwaymire7003]

This sounds like a good idea in theory, but honestly I don't trust our justice system enough to completely do away with pardon powers. If an innocent person is convicted of a federal crime and they have exhausted all other resources, a pardon might be their only chance at justice. That being said, pardon powers should definitely be moderated and have some limitations.

[@LegDayLas]

@@idontwanttopickone I think you are confusing "Illegals" with the word "immigrants" 2 very different things.

[@zuzusuperfly8363]

It's crazy how when a single corrupt man gets power, he becomes completely surrounded by other corrupt men.

[@mocki5665]

Opportunists!

[@tonyrussell1018]

If you think prez trump is the onley corrupt person in Washington then my person i have bridge to sell you

[@zuzusuperfly8363]

@@tonyrussell1018 You sold yourself a bridge.

[@tonyrussell1018]

@@zuzusuperfly8363 don't me twisted im not defending trump im just pointing out that republicans and democrats are equally corupt.

[@n484l3iehugtil]

@@tonyrussell1018 Yeah, you mean like how Hillary would have done everything Trump did if she was the one who came into office in 2016 instead. Very equal.

[@MaverickGamingVideos]

im curious how would pardoning his family been different legally then Bill Clinton Pardoning his brother? From a legal stance i mean, not moral

[@anthonydicrecchio6547]

I think it has to do with how they're all involved together in the family business while Roger Clinton's cocaine possession charge was an isolated thing. That would just be my guess, anyway.

[@christmastiger]

The whole thing was that they would have been pre-emptive pardons, Ivanka and the other kids hadn't been charged with anything yet so pardoning them implies that they are guilty of something

[@elsdon2427]

How do even pardon someone who has a sentence of 800 years

[@ladynikkie]

How could you even sentence someone to 800 years?

[@lordmartinak]

@@ladynikkie why couldn't you? it's still a better sentence than life sentence because no one knows how long will he live - the chance that he will see the end of his sentence is really slim but it's not a zero :D

[@kingquackie7284]

Well its easy. Just post on twitter "I pardon this fella!"

[@BeeHatGuy]

@@lordmartinak this is a stupid hypothetical. People aren't going to magically live 800 years

[@patdeen3960]

Joe Exotic was probably less dangerous than everyone else on that list.

[@michellemerry8495]

I feel that If he had tigers for his sons to shoot, then he would have pardoned him.

[@crayolian]

Prettier too.

[@pete_lind]

Now prosecutors can use Steve Bannon against his criminal friends , he cant use the 5th , when hes has a pardon and that still wont cover him , if he starts lying in court , that would be totally new crime ... let see how long it takes him to realize that , or is little Stevie already on that China mans boat sailing away to Brazil .

[@Sorcerers_Apprentice]

Joe Exotic is in prison for attempted murder for hire. I'd say Lil' Wayne was probably the least dangerous pardon, just for the possibility that he could accidentally shoot himself while playing with his guns.

[@kenlandon6130]

he tried to kill someone

[@bhizzle64]

I look forward to the day legal eagle can spend the majority of his content talking about tv shows and movies again.

[@Cedrickr]

right there with you! I miss normal!

[@cutthroat399]

Personally, I prefer the political content.

[@JJ-nu8qi]

Yea because like the rest of the media he will look the other way now that the democrats are running things.

[@Ichiyama22]

What we need: to be informed about Trump's tomfuckery and the potential consequences/solutions What I want: Picking apart the Steven Universe trial episode.

[@PlusOneGamer]

Man, thanks for such a positive message at the end. That made me really hopeful.

[@jenniferstine8567]

Thanks for pointing out some positive things. It was a fear that these people would be let off the hook. He defined what is frustrating about a system that considers precedence. Before Trump I thought it impossible to be grateful that my grandparents were gone. This guy used the country they loved as toilet paper. The thought that this could have been worse makes my stomach churn.

[@WormyMaster]

Trump supporters: 'Clinton and Biden are one giant crime family' Trump, pardoning his entire crime family: 'Yeah! Tell 'em!

[@Shushkin]

Doesn't change the fact that clintons and biden are corrupt. How are those 120k people that lost their jobs?

[@Tallone55]

Did... did you just respond to a whataboutism with a whataboutism?

[@Mqstodon]

@@Shushkin doesn't change the fact that trump is worse

[@Shushkin]

@@Mqstodon This is not a game of who is or isn't worse! Shitty deeds can't be ignored just because you hate the other guy!

[@roberthicks5454]

Not one of his family has ever been convicted of a crime, but he knows they will be prosecuted simply for supporting the country. Biden and Clinton sell out the country to make their pocketbooks big and people like you think that is wonderful. You could care less how the poor people of this country suffer from their abuse because your one of the elite that never sees it. What do you care about the majority of americans. They should just suck it up and get on welfare and die, right?

[@gius-pe]

as my nana used to say: "Bad news first, because the good news is probably a lie."

[@joshclayton2495]

Fun fact, she made me cry a lot

[@OtterMunchy]

lol...poor Charles

[@hydrolito]

Bad news broken dishes good news not all of them.

[@deltahalo241]

"And now it's time to clean up the mess" Got some major Judge Dredd vibes from that

[@Kaipyro67ALT]

"Your sentence... is death. Judgement time."

[@teacherbecca526]

Does anyone remember the outcry over Clinton pardoning Scooter Libby?

[@whiplashfatigue1430]

‘Scuse me? Wasn’t that Bush, and didn’t he just commute his sentence?

[@teacherbecca526]

@@whiplashfatigue1430 yep, you are right! I was thinking about Marc Rich. Thanks for correcting me!

[@thedebatehitman]

I was expecting a Short today, but you gave us another extended video just a day after your video on sedition. Right on!

[@eleanorhenriquez3930]

I know! I was like "a full video! Let me get comfy really quick" lol

[@nobodyknows3180]

The message was 100% clear. These weren't pardons, they were job offers. "You know how to steal large sums of money, wanna come work for me?"

[@DizzyedUpGirl]

When it hit noon on the 20th and he hadn't pardoned the Jan 6th insurrectionists... I admit, I had lots of schadenfreude going on.

[@bankait_rex1860]

Dude was like Simon Phoenix from Demolition man, getting all his friends out of jail lol

[@timweiner7990]

"Drain the swamp" Anyone remember that? The irony is palpable.

[@duncanbryson1167]

He took a dump in it regularly and invited others to do likewise. What we have now is a cesspit which used to be a swamp.

[@dielaughing73]

I wanted to see him actually do it but it took about 5 seconds to see which way it was going to go

[@kyliewynne638]

@@dielaughing73 Who would have guessed a corrupt businessman would make a corrupt president.

[@SonsOfLorgar]

@@duncanbryson1167 he sid drain it though, of the margin of clean water on top

[@lyonellaverde3135]

"Drain the swamp?" More like "Drench the swamp."

[@adrianjanssens7116]

"But like a large orange fart, the Trump presidency is already leaving the room." Well said Legal Eagle.

[@vulpinesoul]

7:52 Just.. marking this magnificent quote

[@MarmaladeINFP]

But it will leave a stain.

[@PeterParker-ff7ub]

Are we sure?

[@Hecatonicosachoron]

It starts to dissipate, but the stink lingers.

[@moistenvelopes]

Poetry

[@brooksbutler5066]

I will be looking forward with hope for continued non-partisan legal scrutiny from this channel. I have felt so bombarded by political propaganda from all sides, to the point of exhaustion, and the content you produce gives me the slightest glimmer of hope for a source of reasonably independent/neutral discourse in the chaos that is US politics. Best wishes and keep it up.

[@alnoiseplaysmc]

I was waiting for this video, love your channel.

[@acendagrowth]

The Irony is that the most impacted are the actual Trump supporters ...

[@ktvindicare]

They've ALWAYS been the most impacted. These people are suckers that got conned by a big orange buffoon. They're being laughed at and scammed and they're angry about it but are so convinced that the "damn liberals" are the problem that they can't see the smiling con men behind them picking their pockets.

[@onieni9779]

@@ktvindicare Ngl, thought you said baboon instead of buffon for a minute lol

[@Direblade11]

@@ktvindicare Gonna be honest, you can't blame them. America is messed up entirely, their corrupt two-party system just breeds radicals out of the populace

[@eliasalbarracin5549]

@@Direblade11 Absolutely, they don't deserve all of the blame. Many of them probably felt left behind by a system that seems to keep distancing itself from the American people every year. I've felt it before, too; people both left and right understand the utter frustration with the system and its inability to seemingly make actual change. It still doesn't excuse many of their actions, though.

[@Emppu_T.]

Their hunt is just starting, soon they will be attacked on the street.

[@hannahbrennan2131]

"Former President Trump" No matter how many times I hear those words, they've put a smile on my face every time.

[@AlfredEiji]

If senate doesn’t follow through with the impeachment though, he could “now president Trump” again, unfortunately.

[@Emppu_T.]

They're scrubbing him out of history already, look where the official speech videos went.

[@LetMeEatIt]

@@AlfredEiji let's hope we don't have to call them that.

[@themadregis1517]

@@AlfredEiji no? The senate trial is only for criminal prosecution I believe e

[@noamto]

A smile? So you are happy that man was able to become president?

[@TheGreg6466]

"drain the swamp"?! He made it bigger, filled it higher and put more snakes in it, at least he didn't pardon joe exotic, that was funny, he had that massive limo waiting. XD

[@longforgotten4823]

The party of law and order everybody. Give them a round of applause.

[@mcsmaria28]

“Like a loud, orange fart.” 😂🤣 that’s awesome!

[@tsal4379]

omg this is almost exactly like my comment hahaha

[@blitoris]

In the UK a fart is also known as a trump.

[@hollyweasel4]

This was my favorite line.

[@philf_]

I had to replay that. I thought i mis-heard Devin. LOLOL

[@chelscara]

“Flabbergast” ... we still pretending to be surprised by this? “So so much worse” definitely more of what I was thinking

[@amyliaclenny1866]

He actually said "Flabbergasted"?!? I missed it. Too many ads disrupting the video. (I downloaded a virus.) Time-stamp please?

[@dusk6159]

@@amyliaclenny1866 It was the title of the article talking about the reaction of the political world that was showed/allegated by Eagle when he talked about it (and I saved it too), but Eagle himself didn't use those apt words for his commentary/segment of the video.

[@aaronjay4896]

Cool turtle

[@samuelblackthorne9122]

When is Eagle going to Obama's last day Pardons?

[@coweatsman]

And it gets worse in the decades ahead. Getting rid of Trump does not get rid of the underlying currents which carried him to office in the first place. Trump is only a clown for the moment. More permanent are the currents which gave rise to Trump in the first place. IOW it's not just Trump. This will prove to be a hydra of many heads, each growing t o replace the previous head.

[@glenmorrison8080]

5:50 Yeah. I would've loved to see that, too. That would've been like the Super Bowl of Trump SCOTUS cases.. 😀

[@mdruffy235]

Do we actually know about every pardon, though? I seem to remember reading that presidential pardons do not need to be publicly announced.

[@tifforo1]

Pretty sure we know exactly how many people each President pardoned?"

[@Sam_on_YouTube]

I helped prosecute Elliot Broidy 10 years ago for a pay to play scheme. Seeing him get pardoned now sucks.

[@halcyonacoustic7366]

Sorry, that sounds maddening.

[@kaptainsalty7335]

You have my deepest sympathy

[@sydssolanumsamsys]

hey sam

[@Sam_on_YouTube]

@@sydssolanumsamsys Hey...

[@TheSecondVersion]

"A Parting Shot of Corruption" sounds like a drinking game Take a shot every time he says "corruption"

[@AlwaysBolttheBird]

But but I don’t wanna die from alcohol poisoning haha

[@asmosisyup2557]

Take a shot of corruption every time he says "Greatest"

[@gabrielsinclair5941]

HEALTH NOTICE: DO NOT PLAY THIS DRINKING GAME

[@MrJonathanTeatime]

I choose life.

[@equinoxswine9132]

Take a shot for every illegal thing trump has done during his presidency

[@cward1701]

That was a lucid, intelligent, well thought out opinion. Subscribed. 😎

[@funnycat9962]

My god, how long have I not been subscribed?

[@SamAronow]

Ken White called it "a love letter to corruption." Like, he pardoned people he didn't even like just because he sympathized with them for being corrupt.

[@bkbff]

Or because they greased his palm enough, or because there is some kind of business connection, either past or future.

[@erenyeager3829]

"Former President Trump" I have waited 4 years to hear this music to my ears.

[@samij6071]

*OUR ears

[@davidmcandrew486]

There should be a 50% approval from Senate for pardons

[@DethklokMinion]

I started looking up the definition of "disorderly conduct" which from what I've been able to gather is a crime that police get to pick and choose who, where, and when they get to use this "crime" and reading the definition got me brainstorming about how vague the language used is purposely worded that way so that police basically have a trump card to pull whenever they don't have an any other lawful authority to flex because there isnt any actual crime being committed. But depending on where the interaction takes place, there is always the crime of "disorderly conduct" to allow a cop to detain somebody. Could you do a video explaining the various ways this could be lawfully and "unlawfully"(typically enforced whenever it suits their convenience is what I mean when I say that) applied by police?

[@spect80r]

"Former President Trump" has a nice ring to it.

[@DreamlandRoses]

Indeed

[@2Dimples4U]

Convict 0456969 sounds better.

[@courchar]

no it doesn't, he doesn't even deserve tgat

[@Skibbityboo0580]

@@2Dimples4U I just call him the peeworm king.

[@Abby-dz4tu]

"Defendant", then "convicted felon" has a better ring to it.

[@grahamcann1761]

Bannon has received a pardon for stealing money from the wall campaign, but can he still be sued for the money? To get it back? As always thank you so very much for the video.

[@tabularasa0606]

It probably needs a very expensive civil lawsuit. Pardons don't work on those, and by accepting the pardon he admitted guilt.

[@emu071981]

@Dan Accepting a pardon can imply that you actually committed the crime in question. I think there was a episode on this before.

[@nerddragon2222]

Yes

[@nerddragon2222]

Btw the trust act ?

[@nerddragon2222]

Yeah but by then everyone already knew

[@LanceWinston]

Brilliant ... thanks for this.

[@kitcoffeen]

Your sound effect kept making me look around at who just slammed a door.

[@thrownswordpommel7393]

Real question here: why does the president even have the power to pardon people ? This looks like a remnant of feudal times, when the king could simply step in and mess with the justice system. Why has the "land of free" kept this ?

[@Orapac-ln5jd]

Because sometimes the justice system can get shit wrong and I'm pretty sure the US founding fathers never guessed that thier descendants would vote in criminals.

[@marcusclemons5495]

It's susposed to be a check on corrupt federal laws and when innocent people are found guilty unjustly. The president cant pardon state crimes though so that's something.

[@mrphyntch1535]

Governors also generally have pardon power within their own state for state crimes as well. It's generally seen as a way to allow for new administrations to clean up messes that the last administration might have done (such as release political prisoners), release people for crimes that are no longer crimes due to societal shifts (such as pardoning drug offenses as said drugs are made legal), to help the wrongly accused where courts and lawyers are unwilling/unable to help, or simply to extend mercy (considering incarceration is seen as punishment in the states, not rehabilitation). There are a lot of potential good uses for it. We just happen to be currently be seeing the peak of corruption in using it for ALL of the wrong reasons.

[@iain3482]

It's a useful power to have. Humans are fallible, the justice system makes mistakes, bad laws are sometimes enacted and also times change. For example, in 2017 the UK government recently pardoned all men who were convicted of being homosexual before the law was changed in 1967. In 2006 all soldiers from the UK and Ireland who were executed for cowardice in World War I were granted posthumous pardons. The problem is where there are no limits on, or where there is no oversight of, the power to grant pardons. It seems to me there should probably be some limits (cannot grant pardons to those connected to you, for example) and judicial oversight (i.e an application must be brought before a judge before the pardon is granted to check the power is not being abused). Maybe there should be limits on when the power can be used, too - like not exercising the power in the last days of your presidency.

[@DFX2KX]

A few examples: A POTUS can pardon violations of the Military Code as well as regular criminal trials. So if A soldier is ordered to do something heinously unethical (like some of the shit we got up to in Vietnam, for instance) and got court martialed when they refused, the sitting president can re-instate the soldier in question. Ditto someone like Snowden bringing to light abuses of government power somewhere. A pardon would be appropriate here. Another example would be to pardon those in prison for something that'd no longer illegal, such as possession of weed if that where to get legalized.

[@colonelgraff9198]

The last time I was this early Cold Bernie wasn’t a meme

[@TheAzure2330]

It's the gift that keeps that kept giving like socialism

[@forzai3612]

All hail lord cold bernie

[@Trevin_Taylor]

I’ve never seen Bernie not look cold. He just looked colder.

[@Damascene_]

Wait, that glove image became a meme? Tbh those gloves look very comfy. I wanna buy one.

[@sophierobinson2738]

TheAzure david Much nicer than the fascism mr impeached squared wanted.

[@BreezyGamer92]

Amazingly as many people that were pardoned I'm surprised he didn't throw the Tiger King one too, lol

[@MD-vs9ff]

I seriously would have bet everything on him pardoning himself. The fact that he was talked out of doing that is, with no exaggeration, literally the most unbelievable and shocking thing of the entire Dump presidency.

[@Bofore13]

It's going to take another 100 years to understand what just happened.

[@rockradstone]

We all feel like we've been through 100 years of it already. 😖

[@neolexiousneolexian6079]

Do you think history actually learns to understand things over time? Or does it just forget bits and pieces until there's a digestible narrative?

[@DanksterPaws]

@@neolexiousneolexian6079 I think history does learn actually, though it can only teach those who study history and take it seriously.

[@rockradstone]

@@neolexiousneolexian6079 The 'trump era' might prove to be indigestible. 😞

[@MitchellTF]

"Former. Presdient. Trump." That...was sade with SO much...sheer...RELIEF.

[@thorr18BEM]

*said Yes, it was.

[@laurendoe168]

Three words we've been waiting to use for four years. Five years ago, it was unimaginable that these three words could EVER be spoken together.

[@teelo12000]

Now now. You don't go out of the way to call him "Former. President. Obama." do you? Lets not try to do anything to make Trump think hes special in any way.

[@tyronemclay6269]

Federal inmate Trump has a better ring to it.

[@passiveincomeproject3901]

More like Former "President" Trump. Am I right?

[@Leggir]

"A loud orange fart..." Hilarious.

[@MrRoboskippy]

Didn't even mention the Blackwater mercenaries who murdered innocent civilians. That's the worst of them for me.

[@J29117]

woah woah woah hold up. Dude was sentenced to 835 years!?!?! Man he caught the Judge on a bad day lol

[@houseblaster5656]

Or he did something *really* illegal.... and considering it was Former President Trump that did so, I would assume it was!

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

All that really means is a very large number of crimes were committed. Each crime you're convicted of comes with separate punishments, and that includes multiple counts of similar crimes.

[@Khronogi]

Trump pardoned a guy who when he was sentenced was fined 180 million dollars. Thats the type of people he pardoned

[@J29117]

Yea guys I know how sentencing works it was a joke. Although tbf id never heard of somebody getting such an arbitrary number. Just call it life without parole. Actually putting down 800 years is ridiculous.

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

@@J29117 Again, it's because of the multiple crimes. A criminal case isn't fully resolved until the sentence has been served, and appeals can be made almost indefinitely. They do it that way to prevent major criminals from escaping punishment entirely on one single technicality. If they do it the way you suggest, a serial killer who murdered 894 people could get away scot-free because of a minor mixup in procedure for one small portion of one of those charges. And that's why they make sure to keep track of each crime and sentence individually, rather than collectively.

[@goji5887]

This makes me sick... Like, I'm actually starting to feel sick the more I hear about these vile people that have been rereleased into the world... And I don't even live in the US, I'm European

[@geradosolusyon511]

It's even worse for other countries.

[@celenestarbright3561]

When the country was founded, I imagine that those founders never imagined someone who would so brazenly abuse his powers would be elected president. Those same founders likely would have expected congress to take the president to task for his abuses much sooner, but it chose instead to play politics. Ultimately, though, the deterioration of the United States is rooted in the voter voting for their personal agenda instead of what is right and just for the nation as a whole. If we were willing to make the sacrifices that integrity demanded of us, we would be electing officials who would do the same. The pardon power would not be a problem, and politicians could take an early stand against corruption knowing the people of the United States have their back. The United States is still a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. It can only be as good as we, as a people, make it.

[@arclightredux6088]

I like your unbiased non-partisan take on things. Great job.

[@MystLunarabne]

"Drain the swamp" also turned into "Pardon the swamp"

[@katrand5357]

ooooh, I like that! Drain the swamp, hell he pardon the swamp 😂🤣🤨

[@BryanSpringborn]

Your first words were angelic. “former President trump”

[@EvilGNU]

Former President, but still (inter-) national disgrace

[@cjcourter1477]

At least he didn't have to cheat to win to become the president. But don't worry the capital isn't the worst to come.

[@mikkj1]

@@cjcourter1477 Rudy put his reputation as "America's Mayor" and as a federal D.A. on the line for Trump, but, as soon as Trump had no further use for him, he threw him under the bus and refused to pay him for his legal work. That SHOULD be a lesson to you Trump supporters, but it probably won't be.

[@robinmiller1989]

@@cjcourter1477 Probably not, but the renewed vigor and consolidation of actual leftist groups will be the only reward for such reactionary incompetence

[@idalarsen2540]

@@cjcourter1477 So we're threatening terrorism now? Aighty, then..

[@PlanetC64]

This excellent piece is standing the test of time

[@jeeither]

I listened to this with headphones, what was going on in the background? I had to keep pausing to see if my dog was getting into something.