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In a hidden-camera operation, pardon brokers Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl said that for $300,000, they could help a felon get a pardon from the president (www.cbsnews.com)

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[–] sakuraba@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

in this case it is a scam but looks like this is a real thing:

Among their clients was Joseph Schwartz, a nursing home operator convicted of tax evasion in April 2025. Schwartz paid Wohl and Burkman $960,000, although a White House official said that no one at the White House had spoken with either Wohl or Burkman about Schwartz's case. Schwartz terminated their services, and later secured a pardon after enlisting another lobbying firm

[–] limonfiesta@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Sure, Trump is selling pardons, just not through those two morons.

They're just running con jobs on particularly dumb and cheap scumbags.