Trump pardons, commutes sentences for 7 people

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Source: CNN

Trump pardons, commutes sentences for 7 people
Jeremy Diamond byline
By Jeremy Diamond, CNN

Updated 4:01 PM ET, Mon July 29, 2019

Washington (CNN) -- President Donald Trump on Monday issued full pardons to five individuals and commuted the sentences of two others convicted of a variety of federal crimes.

The two men whose sentences were commuted will now be released early from federal prison while those who received full pardons had already completed their prison sentences and will now have their rights fully restored.

Top political figures had advocated for the release of the two men who will now be released from prison on Trump's orders: Ted Suhl, an Arkansas man who was convicted of bribery and fraud charges, and Ronen Nahmani, a Floridian who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for distributing synthetic marijuana.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a Trump booster whose daughter served as White House press secretary, "strongly supported" Suhl's request for clemency, the White House said in a press release, while Nahmani's case was championed by a slew of members of Congress on both sides of the aisle.

The White House noted that Nahmani, who was convicted in 2015, "is a non-violent, first-time offender with no criminal history" with five children whose wife is "suffering from terminal cancer."

"These extenuating circumstances underscore the urgency of his request for clemency," the White House said.
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Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/29/politics/trump-pardons-commutes-sentences-7-people/index.html

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Statement from the Press Secretary Regarding Executive Grants of Clemency
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/statement-press-secretary-regarding-executive-grants-clemency/

President Trump Commutes Sentence of Ted Suhl
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/president-trump-commutes-sentence-ted-suhl/

President Trump Commutes Sentence of Ronen Nahmani
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/president-trump-commutes-sentence-ronen-nahmani/

[JohnnyRingo]

1. Good. I'll say it when he deserves it.

Of course I can't help but think he has ulterior motives. Perhaps he thinks it'll look better when he starts up the pardon express on his family & friends, but I don't trust him.

It's like he has one hand to help and the other hand to back slap.

[stuffmatters]

2. Suhl bribed and cheated Medicaid by abusing kids w/ "faith based" (conversion therapy) rehab.

That's my take on this scumball who Huckabee claimed was a "pillar of the community."

[Doitnow]

9. Possibly a candidate for some position in donnie's administraton.

[stuffmatters]

12. LOL! (Unless Rick Scott snatches him up first.)

[Maxheader]

3. Ole stumpy is trying out all the accessories..

to being prez...imprisoning impoverished men, women and children....starting wars...backing out of treaties...starting trade wars...you name it, the orange haired cretin wants to taste it all....

[pbmus]

4. Nahmani literally murdered people with his fake marijuana....

New figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show synthetic marijuana killed 15 people in the first half of 2015 -- three times as many as the same period in 2014.
Poison control centers across the country have also seen a 229 percent increase in phone calls related to use of the drugs since January.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/deaths-poisonings-from-synthetic-marijuana-spice-k2/

An Aventura man was sentenced Friday to a maximum 20 years in prison for conspiring to distribute a synthetic drug commonly known as Spice and K2 that he bought from suppliers in China.

The case of Ronen Nahmani, 41, marked the first trial conviction of a synthetic marijuana distributor in South Florida, according to authorities. He has been in custody since July, when a Miami federal jury found him guilty of the conspiracy charge.

His defense attorney, David Weinstein, argued that Nahmani, an Israeli-born father of five young children, should receive less than 10 years in prison.

Read more here: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article38338320.html#storylink=cpy

[angrychair]

5. Yea, that's some bullshit

This guy absolutely DOES NOT deserve a pardon.

[Doitnow]

10. Donnie is looking everywhere for people to fill positions in his administration.

[angrychair]

13. You joke

But I wouldn't put it past him at all. Only requirement is to be a trump sycophant.

[angrychair]

6. Nahmani is not a natural born citizen

He was born in Israel. Why wasnt ICE waiting outside the prison to deport him?? Oh...nevermind...

[Polybius]

7. Please pardon Leonard Peltier next

I promise to give you full credit if you do this. He needs to get let out ASAP.

[Marthe48]

8. when will he nominate them for cabinet positions?

n/t

[Doitnow]

11. Ditto