Mastodawn

"[R]ed carpet."

"[P]rison officials paid a specialized tactical team overtime to drive Hernández from a high-security facility in West Virginia to the famed five-star Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York."
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Author: Keri Blakinger @keribla
Publication: ProPublica @ProPublica
February 18, 2026
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#NewYork #USA #Honduras #Pardons #Drugs #Voting #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-ice-pardon-juan-orlando-hernandez-honduras-prison-special-treatment

Amid Mass ICE Arrests, Trump Pardon Recipient Juan Orlando Hernández Given Special Treatment

After the former Honduran president was pardoned, ICE dropped its detainer on him, and he was whisked away to a luxury hotel in New York City.

ProPublica

getmisch Feb 6

Their Conspiracies Just Broadcast What They'll Do When in Power 1/5
"Obama's coming after your guns!" He couldn't get gun laws thru the #Senate & his #ExecutiveOrders would trigger background checks, require licenses.
>Despite issuing #pardons for his own armed #Jan6 attackers, our #DearLeader says when #liberals like #AlexPretti bring guns to #protests, they deserve to be murdered by his #brownshirts.
#fascist #USA #GOP #DOJ #NRA #ICE #SCOTUS #NoKings #OurPutin
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/obama-tears-into-the-nra-at-town-hall-on-gun-violence

Obama tears into the NRA at town hall on gun violence

FAIRFAX, Va. — President Barack Obama tore into the National Rifle Association on Thursday as he sought support for his actions on gun control, accusing the powerful lobby group of peddling an "imaginary fiction" that he said has distorted the national debate about gun violence.

PBS News

You're On Mute The Podcast Feb 5

“Forgiveness feels far more personal. It feels like it HAS to be more personal.” Tech executive Matt Mizenko discusses the differences between being forgiven and being pardoned. Episode 15 #YoureOnMuteThePodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-15-matt-mizenko/id1746606151?i=1000655744454 #forgiveness #pardons #podcast

You're On Mute - The Podcast Feb 5

Wm.son Feb 4

#TFG #Politics #Pardons #Cuellar

Cuellar had zero intention of becoming a Republican, noting that he did not know why Trump may have assumed that. When Cuellar made clear he was not switching parties, Trump aired his frustrations on X and endorsed the top GOP candidate running against him, Tano Tijerina. The president also made clear that he had no regrets about pardoning Cuellar.

https://www.notus.org/campaigns/it-clears-the-sky-after-trump-pardon-and-bucking-his-party-cuellar-looks-to-2026

'It Clears The Sky': After Trump Pardon and Bucking His Party, Cuellar Looks to 2026

The centrist Democrat is moving on after President Donald Trump expressed frustration for pardoning him and not seeing him flip to become a Republican.

NOTUS

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Nonilex Jan 30

None of which is relevant to #AlexPretti’s straight up #murder by #CBP on Jan 24.

#Trump’s characterization of the Jan 13 video is ridiculous especially given his #Jan6 #pardons.

The agents on Jan 13 didn’t even give Pretti a citation, or get his name. It is highly unlikely that on Jan 24 they knew he was the same person. Anyway it’s completely irrelevant since it was an entirely separate incident.

#law #Minnesota #RightToProtest #CivilRights #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #fascism #tyranny

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Nonilex Jan 27

Liberals, conservatives & nonpartisan experts noted how the admin’s response differed from past conservative positions involving #protests & #weapons.

Multiple #Trump supporters were found to have weapons during the #Jan6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. Trump issued blanket #pardons to all of them.

#2A #hypocrisy #enablers #complicit #ReneeGood #AlexPretti #law #murder #Constitution #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung

Michael Vance Jan 25

Lawyer Oyer seems to be a good blog with a very high quality set of write-ups. Former DOJ lawyer on pardons, now suing the administration. #pardons #doj

https://www.lawyeroyer.com/p/the-corruption-of-the-pardon-power

https://www.lawyeroyer.com/p/the-most-contradictory-timeline-in

This last one here on the total value in penalties pardoned by Trump of around 1.56B vs 688K for Biden is "fun":

https://www.lawyeroyer.com/p/trumps-year-one-pardons-have-erased

The Corruption of the Pardon Power Is An Urgent Threat to Our Democracy

60 Minutes last night highlighted the case of crypto billionaires Changpeng Zhao and, in Overtime, the broader demise of the pardon process. Please watch and share.

Lawyer Oyer

Malcolm Connecting🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️👬👭🌊💙LGBTQ+ Democrat Resistance Jan 25

No statue of limitation on Murder Establish logical path ICE Agent alone hasn't power to Invoke a cover up #Trump can't issue #Pardons to cover #Murder Any Dem DOJ can prosecute Pre-Presidency Promise can = Conspiracy Agent, Noem Fate Sealed www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrnZ... #IceMurders #NoemMurders

Kim Perales Jan 22

ICYMI:🚨The massive# of pardons & clemencies Trump has issued during his 2nd T has cost the fed govt at least $1.5B in penalty pymts +victims have lost...

>1,600 pardons & clemencies Trump has granted:🚨caused the govt to forfeit >$1.56 billion in fines, restitution, & forfeitures -+vastly more than the totals previously owed by those who received #pardons during recent Dem admins'.

Trump’s pardons:💔unprec amt of debt *erased for their beneficiaries.
#Corruption #USPol
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trumps-pardons-forgive-financial-crimes-came-hundreds-millions-punishm-rcna248277

Trump's pardons forgive financial crimes that came with hundreds of millions in punishments

Just one year into his second term, President Donald Trump has pardoned an unusually high number of wealthy people accused of financial crimes, according to an NBC News analysis of the last four administrations

NBC News