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Zorro

(18,355 posts)
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 05:42 PM 12 hrs ago

Trump Sets Fraudster Free From Prison for a Second Time

Source: New York Times

In 2021, a convicted fraudster named Adriana Camberos was freed from prison when President Trump commuted her sentence.

Rather than taking advantage of that second chance, prosecutors said, Ms. Camberos returned to crime. She and her brother were convicted in 2024 in an unrelated fraud.

This week, Mr. Trump pardoned both siblings, marking the second time Mr. Trump had opened the prison gates for Ms. Camberos.

Their pardons were among a handful of clemency grants quietly issued by Mr. Trump this week.

Among the other lucky recipients: a man whose daughter had given millions to a Trump-backed super PAC, a former governor of Puerto Rico and a former F.B.I. agent — all of whom had pleaded guilty in a political corruption case.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/us/politics/trump-fraudster-pardon.html?unlocked_article_code=1.E1A.EJYQ.QH8Qqa-Xq9RG&smid=url-share

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Trump Sets Fraudster Free From Prison for a Second Time (Original Post) Zorro 12 hrs ago OP
$$$$$$$ pfitz59 11 hrs ago #1
Quite a profitable venture on Donny's part Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 10 hrs ago #2
A reminder that Giuliani was selling access to people who wanted a pardon. Dixiegrrrl 2 hrs ago #5
People being summoned for jury duty should start asking the courts: What's the point with Trump in office? RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 9 hrs ago #3
Donald Trump: Tough On Crime! LudwigPastorius 5 hrs ago #4

Dixiegrrrl

(181 posts)
5. A reminder that Giuliani was selling access to people who wanted a pardon.
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 04:21 AM
2 hrs ago

Then they had to pay even bigger bribes for the pardon itself.

Wonder how much each successive pardon costs......

RedWhiteBlueIsRacist

(1,906 posts)
3. People being summoned for jury duty should start asking the courts: What's the point with Trump in office?
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 08:36 PM
9 hrs ago
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