Trump commutes sentence of ex-Georgia teacher convicted of $8 million food stamp fraud

[soothsayer]

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Miami Herald
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Oct 22, 2020
Trump commutes sentence of ex-Georgia teacher convicted of $8 million food stamp fraud

Trump commutes sentence of ex-Georgia teacher convicted of $8 million food stamp fraud
miamiherald.com

https://t.co/mlWOSmOvNa?amp=1

🍦dangscoop
@dangerscoopins
The trump voters I know HATE welfare frauds...

[dchill]

1. Why?

[The Blue Flower]

2. What's in it for him?

nt

[JHB]

8. Playing more "Blexit" games

Trump grants clemency to five backed by ally Alice Johnson
By AAMER MADHANI and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press Oct 21, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday granted clemency to five people convicted of committing drug and financial crimes, all of them cases that were pushed by prison reform advocate and Trump ally Alice Johnson. White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Wednesday in a statement that Trump was granting the clemencies “in light of the decisions these individuals have made following their convictions to improve their lives and the lives of others while incarcerated.”

The latest round of clemencies comes less than two weeks before Election Day and as Trump has been hammering Democrat Joe Biden over his tough-on-crime record during his time in the U.S. Senate. Biden, as head of the Senate Judiciary Committee, helped shepherd the 1994 crime bill that many criminal justice experts say contributed to harsh sentences and mass incarceration of Black people.

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Johnson, in an interview, said that she spoke to White House officials about all five of the individuals cases and others whose clemency she's backing during a White House visit last month.

“I'm extremely thankful these clemencies were granted,” said Johnson, a Black woman whose life sentence for a nonviolent drug offense was commuted in 2018 by Trump. The president was lobbied to act on Johnson’s case by celebrity Kim Kardashian West. “To see this dream realized, I can't even describe it.” Johnson, who praised Trump as a compassionate leader during the Republican National Convention, received a full pardon from Trump in August and has been advocating for clemency for several men and women she said ”have served their time and have learned from their mistakes."

https://chippewa.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/trump-grants-clemency-to-five-backed-by-ally-alice-johnson/article_a4b4b7d6-c9d9-53e9-bbc9-d84d25d7b0c3.html

[stillcool]

3. the guy must be white...

that's good welfare fraud. Means that you're smart. Cheat on your taxes on top of that, and you've got a bright future in the GOP.

[CurtEastPoint]

4. Black female. He's up to something.

[stillcool]

12. wow...teach me to look

before I leap. There's some there in there, somewhere.

[soothsayer]

5. Hmm. African American woman

I guess it’s to prove how much he’s done

[chowder66]

6. Per the article she's not.

She has served half of her sentence and has been a model prisoner, accepts responsibility and is doing work to help others.

[fleur-de-lisa]

7. Surprise, surprise. The teacher is a Black woman . . . photo at link below.

https://www.ajc.com/news/trump-commutes-former-aps-teachers-prison-sentence/ZLDAB7F65ZE45CQONX2IDFBRQI/

Dump is stupid enough to think this will help him win over Black voters.

[winstars]

10. This is "some of my best friends are Black" BULLSHIt!!!!!!!!

[moondust]

9. Crooks "Я" Us

Will this really help him win Georgia?

In the "mind" of a lifetime quid pro quo'er, "the blacks will pay me back for this with their votes."

[TheBlackAdder]

11. Trump has a soft spot for people who steal big! No petty crimes.