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Dollabommie:
It is well

It is not well, this country is gone

Thank God our people are speaking out, just because we are in same party doesn't mean we will allow bullshit from you

Trump grants clemency to rappers Lil Wayne and Kodak Black in final flurry of presidential power


President Donald Trump pardoned former chief strategist Steve Bannon as part of a flurry of clemency action in the final hours of his White House term that benefited more than 140 people, including rap performers, ex-members of Congress and other allies of him and his family.

The last-minute clemency, announced Wednesday morning, follows separate waves of pardons over the past month for Trump associates convicted in the FBI’s Russia investigation as well as for the father of his son-in-law. Taken together, the actions underscore the president’s willingness, all the way through his four years in the White House, to flex his constitutional powers in ways that defy convention and explicitly aid his friends and supporters
To be sure, the latest list was heavily populated by more conventional candidates whose cases had been championed by criminal justice activists. One man who has spent nearly 24 years in prison on drug and weapons charges but had shown exemplary behavior behind bars had his sentence commuted, as did a former Marine sentenced in 2000 in connection with a cocaine conviction.

But the names of prominent Trump allies nonetheless stood out.

Besides Bannon, other pardon recipients included Elliott Broidy, a Republican fundraiser who pleaded guilty last fall in a scheme to lobby the Trump administration to drop an investigation into the looting of a Malaysian wealth fund, and Ken Kurson, a friend of Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner who was charged last October with cyberstalking during a heated divorce.

Bannon’s pardon was especially notable given that the prosecution was still in its early stages and any trial was months away. Whereas pardon recipients are conventionally thought of as defendants who have faced justice, often by having served at least some prison time, the pardon nullifies the prosecution and effectively eliminates any prospect for punishment.

“Steve Bannon is getting a pardon from Trump after defrauding Trump’s own supporters into paying for a wall that Trump promised Mexico would pay for,” Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff said on Twitter. “And if that all sounds crazy, that’s because it is. Thank God we have only 12 more hours of this den of thieves.”

And while other presidents have issued controversial pardons at the ends of their administration, perhaps no commander in chief has so enjoyed using the clemency authority to benefit not only friends and acquaintances but also celebrity defendants and those championed by allies.

Wednesday’s list includes its share of high-profile defendants. Among them were rappers Lil Wayne and Kodak Black, both convicted in Florida on weapons charges. Wayne, whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter, has frequently expressed support for Trump and recently met with the president on criminal justice issues. Others on the list included Death Row Records co-founder Michael Harris and New York art dealer and collector Hillel Nahmad.

Other pardon recipients include former Rep. Rick Renzi, an Arizona Republican who served three years for corruption, money laundering and other charges, and former Rep. Duke Cunningham of California, who was convicted of accepting $2.4 million in bribes from defense contractors. Cunningham, who was released from prison in 2013, received a conditional pardon.

Trump also commuted the prison sentence of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who has served about seven years behind bars for a racketeering and bribery scheme.

Bannon has been charged with duping thousands of donors who believed their money would be used to fulfill Trump’s chief campaign promise to build a wall along the southern border. Instead, he allegedly diverted over a million dollars, paying a salary to one campaign official and personal expenses for himself.

Bannon did not respond to questions Tuesday.

Trump has already pardoned a slew of longtime associates and supporters, including his former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort; Charles Kushner, the father of his son-in-law; his longtime friend and adviser Roger Stone; and his former national security adviser Michael Flynn.

A voice of nationalist, outsider conservatism, Bannon — who served in the Navy and worked at Goldman Sachs and as a Hollywood producer before turning to politics — led the conservative Breitbart News before being tapped to serve as chief executive officer of Trump’s 2016 campaign in its critical final months.

He later served as chief strategist to the president during the turbulent early days of Trump’s administration and was at the forefront of many of its most contentious policies, including its travel ban on several majority-Muslim countries.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/01/20/politics/lil-wayne-kodak-black-trump/index.html

cocolacec:
Unfortunately in America,police plants drugs in people’s car to frame them.Naija police must have learnt it from them.

Florida Officer Arrested For Planting Meth On Random Drivers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fky5CRSQmK0

Hnmmm even in America?

Rikidony:
At least they have retracted, I never expected them this from them.......



Lalasticlala

True

What a shame

Sunday igboho

ChoCho54:
Illiteracy or comprehension, which one do you need help with?

Explain the 30m dollars investment to me pls, where is d dividend going and how much is the share worth today

Adios amigo, make gbemi too follow, he should join his brother in pdp, imagine lai Muhammed that contributed little or nothing to kwara state wan become godfather?

ChoCho54:
I didn't read the epistle by the OP. But one thing I know is that Peter Obi is the only ex-governor without corruption garb hanging on his shoulder.

Same Peter Obi that diverted Anambra money to his company?

80% of nairalander don't know the name of their deputy governor

Shey mod don sleep ni, abi u no see scores

Arewa1stSon:
I have no problem with Osibanjo... He is capable of piloting the affair of Nigeria!!

But I am sorry the north will never support him!!

We are now seeing very clear that the reason why most of you southerners are pushing for Osibanjo is because of religious reasons not because of competence or his political capacity!!

The north will stand with Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu!!

There's nothing Osibanjo can do that Tinubu can not do!

The north will not vote for a pastor... That's the bitter truth!!

[b]Same way the south[/b]would not vote for a malam or any imam regardless of his competence!!

So the Christian bigots should stop deceiving each other and support Jagaban and Elrufai.

Those are the only candidates that would beat Atiku in the North!!

I am just saying the truth you don't want to hear

So south west that voted for Buhari isn't part of the south?

Though I prefer osinbajo to Tinubu but those of u thinking Tinubu is done, u played ur cards too early

Harrykn:
The system killed him


Rip boss

How?

Sirjamo:
Whoever kill anyone, unless it be for murder or spreading corruption in the land, it's as if he has killed the whole of humanity - Surah Al Maidah - Quran CH 5 V 32



I AM DONE TALKING

God bless u bro, Islam does not teaches terrorism, shekau isn't a muslim

[quote author=TruthSeeker1 post=98075718][/quote]Thanks

See Amaechi wey wan be president of nig? Ameachi should put his house in order first before coming to national level

Racoon:
Why killing yourself and causing your family anguish by being radicalised by a failed president inordinate ambition? Handsome gentleman with stupid ideology of life.

That man was a white supremacist, almost all trumps supporters are...

Tell them to present a candidate, they'll still bring those known thieves

Bitter truth, the north should stop burying their head in the sand and face the reality

lastmessenger:
Support the emergence of Igbo president and then peace will return to the south and Nigeria in general. Summit without action is an exercise in futility.

Just like the Igbos supported yoruba in the past elections?

Haaa Will there still be Nigeria come 2023?

Hehehe, owu go blow u like mad

Them go obey simple rules for UK come they for almighty for Nigeria, yeye people

Is this man a gov? I really pity Bayelsa people

Very easy to deceive Nigerians, of course there won't be slot for politicians because it is "teaching job", but when it is time for cbn, oil and gas etc recruitment ...

CaptainPrice1:
Indians, Chinese, Lebanese, Egyptian are moving to Nigeria in large Numbers. Same way many of us are planning to japa to canada and co. I think they see the potentials many of us fails to see. Many Indians and Lebanese have turned Nigeria to their home, they can't go back again.

My only problem with these people is that they don't have regards for Nigerians working for them, especially those Lebanese.

Nigeria govt need to make law that will protect the citizens from these foreigners, especially Lebanese/Indians