Tammany hall blush at what half of HN think is perfectly acceptable.
These applications of the pardon power have been controversial, but never successfully challenged.
The Burdick case had to do with an individual who had not yet been convicted of anything being offered a pardon in exchange for testimony that could have otherwise incriminated him. The Supreme Court ruled that in that specific scenario someone accepting a pardon could be seen as admitting guilt, so the pardon couldn't be forced on Burdick to strip away his fifth amendment right and compel his testimony.
Doesn't matter how you "apply", as long as the cash is received.
Ross Ulbricht became a cause celebre among libertarians, but SBF was always genuinely despised by pretty much everyone.
His Anthropic investment alone would give him credibility. If it hadn't been liquidated for pennies FTX would have been one of the best performing funds of all time, even with the theft and mismanagement.
jihadjihad•55m ago
It will be interesting to see how he'll be able to spin his well-documented donations to Democratic causes and sell that to the current administration:
"He personally gave at least $40 million to politicians and political action committees ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, mostly to Democrats and liberal-leaning groups, making him the second overall top donor to Democrats, only behind George Soros, according to the Center for Responsive Politics" [0].
0: https://time.com/6241262/sam-bankman-fried-political-donatio...
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