DOJ posts the actual pardon documents Trump signed. The last wave of pardons/commutations (except 1) were actually signed Jan. 19. Team Trump just waited until after midnight (and after print newspaper deadlines) to announce them. Or they fraudulently misdated them.
Here is our story on the pardons nytimes.com/2021/01/20/us/…
And a follow up piece that examines how SO MANY of these pardons are for individuals convicted of corruption, i.e. stealing money from taxpayers or other abuse of public office. nytimes.com/2021/01/20/us/…
Here is an overview of the fuller (still incomplete) list of folks Trump chose to pardon or let out of prison early. nytimes.com/article/who-di…
Here are links to the last big rounds of signed documents re pardons and commutations he did.

int.nyt.com/data/documentt…

int.nyt.com/data/documentt…
FYI, a number of Trump pardons/clemencies have the wrong dates on them. They say he signed them on Jan. 19 2020. But he signed them on Jan. 19, 2021. Not sure if that matters.

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22 Jan
Know I've been tweeting a lot abt Trump pardons. Convinced this was one of most extraordinary abuses of pardon power in US history. Determined not to let this be lost to rush of news. Here r some of our stories. Please read/retweet @JesseDrucker @kenvogel nytimes.com/2020/12/24/us/…
Why would Trump pardon nearly a dozen former elected officials convicted of extraordinary range of bribe taking/corruption/stealing money? It is a way for Trump to give the finger to law enforcement in the U.S. @kenvogel nytimes.com/2021/01/20/us/…
LOBBYING BONANZA: The president’s allies have collected tens of thousands of dollars — and potentially much more — from people seeking pardons. A free for all of cash/access/special favors as Trump era wraps up. @kenvogel @nytmike nytimes.com/2021/01/17/us/…
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22 Jan
MEDICARE FRAUD CASE STUDY # 3 JUDITH NEGRON also of Florida. (That Trump let out of jail & terminated $87 million restitution to taxpayers) Bribes to patient "brokers" Altered patient files/therapist notes to fake treatments Signed files as though she had been in 2 places at once ImageImage
"Executed one of the largest and most brazen health care fraud conspiracies" "This massive fraud was committed by manipulating the proper treatment of Alzheimer’s and dementia patients, brain damaged individuals, and substance abusers seeking treatment." !! ImageImageImage
Sought payments on patients like this: "One such patient, Ruth Herrera, was in a neuro-vegetative state, but Negron yelled her name into her ear until she lifted her head, at which point Negron, a licensed therapist, supervisor, and owner, declared Ms. Herrera qualified" Image
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Medicare Fraud Clemency Case Study Two: Dr. Salomon Melgen. Here is what TRUMP FBI had to say about him. "“The reprehensible conduct of Salomon Melgen is a disgrace to the medical profession,” “Salomon Melgen callously took advantage of patients who came to him fearing blindness” Image
Dr. Melgen hired lawyers to appeal his conviction and sentence. In 2020! HE LOST. Here is what the court said. "In light of the extent of Melgen’s fraudulent scheme, the sentence the district court imposed was more than reasonable.
AFFIRMED." ImageImageImage
HERE IS WHAT TRUMP DID (yes, with the Sharpie) Out of Jail Card. He was supposed to be in prison until Aug. 2 2031. Look at what US BUREAU of Prisons says is his status as of Jan. 20. Released on Trump's last day. ImageImage
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22 Jan
THREAD: Let's take a closer look at some of the greatest Medicare fraud masterminds in U.S. history, who collectively orchestrated more than $1.6 billion in fraud--before Trump decided to let them out of prison early. First, the NYT story nytimes.com/2021/01/21/us/…
Let's start with Esformes. Here's TRUMP's
US DOJ (!!) had to say: "He bought himself a Ferrari and a $360,000 watch, bribed a basketball coach, lined his pockets, and kept his corrupt businesses afloat..The taxpayers, meanwhile, paid for health care services that were not needed" Image
Here is the witness testifying in federal court about how he would give Philip Esformes Publix supermarket bags filled with cash. Money that was kickbacks from their Medicare fraud scheme, delivered to Esformes Miami Beach multimillion home. This is 2019 ImageImageImage
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20 Jan
Prison sentence ended: Sholam Weiss, who was sentenced to more than 800 years in prison in 2000 for racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering re insurance fraud scheme nytimes.com/2021/01/20/us/…
Robert Zangrillo, a Miami real estate developer who was charged with conspiring with a college consultant to bribe athletic officials at the University of Southern California to designate his daughter as a recruit to the crew team, received a pardon
William Walters, a wealthy sports gambler convicted in an insider-trading scheme, who paid tens of thousands of dollars to ex-Trump lawyer John Dowd to get him on Trump’s list. Prison sentence ended.
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15 Jan
Trump Forest Service today issued its final Environmental Impact Statement for massive planned Arizona copper mine that will destroy a sacred Native America site on the National Register of Historic places. Clears way for land sale of federal land to mining company Rio Tinto.
I wrote about this project last month, one of several major mining and energy projects on federal lands that Trump team was rushing to get done before he left office. nytimes.com/2020/12/19/us/…
Lawsuits already pending to try to stop this land transfer. But it is unclear if it can be stopped by Biden. Once this Environmental Impact statement is released, land transfer is to Rio Tinto is suppose to happen automatically under law in 60 days.
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