Nonilex

#Trump on Friday commuted the sentence & probation of #CarlosWatson, a co-founder of the now-defunct #digital #media company Ozy Media, on the day he was set to surrender to prison.

Watson was sentenced in Dec to almost 10yrs in #prison for #fraud, #IdentityTheft, #SecuritiesFraud, & #WireFraud.

Watson & Ozy were also ordered to pay $96M in restitution & forfeiture. As part of Trump’s commutation, they will no longer have to pay.

#law #felon47 #CFPB #SEC #corruption
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/28/trump-commutes-sentences-of-ozy-media-founder-carlos-watson-and-company.html

Trump commutes sentence of Ozy Media founder Carlos Watson just before prison surrender

Ozy had falsely claimed to have deals with Google and Oprah Winfrey before the company and CEO Watson were criminally charged.

CNBC
Mar 28, 2025 at 10:56pmWeb
Show threadPaul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0Mar 28, 2025

@Nonilex

Only the BEST people in his orbit (or large donors, perhaps?) I don't know, but surely the BEST people have money?

Show threadSergioMar 28, 2025

@Nonilex what a surprise! a felon pardoning another felon!

#trumpIsAFelonForever #StoptrumpNow