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PAY FOR PLAY Pardon Scheme BY TRUMP Just GETS WORSE

2026-02-05 Entertainment
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Attorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian return with another installment of The Pardon Parade—their recurring segment tracking Trump's clemency spree, now happening so frequently they can barely keep up. This episode focuses on two cases that capture the pay-to-play reality of presidential pardons. First, the Puerto Rico trio: former Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced, Venezuelan banker Julio Herrera Velutini, and former FBI agent Mark Rossini—all pardoned together for a bribery scheme Vázquez had already pleaded guilty to. The connection? Velutini's daughter donated $3.5 million to Trump's super PAC. Second, the Camberos siblings from California, convicted of a $50 million grocery fraud scheme. The twist: this was Adriana Camberos's second pardon from Trump—she was convicted of a new fraud just 42 days after he commuted her first sentence in 2021. The hosts also touch on Terren Peizer's insider trading pardon and a long list of drug kingpins with life sentences being let off. For the party of "law and order," this is what justice looks like if you've got the money. Kabateck LLP: Call 1-844-74-CIVIL for a free case evaluation or visit us at https://www.kbklawyers.com/ Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Become a member of Legal AF YouTube community: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJgZJZZbnLFPr5GJdCuIwpA/join Become a member of the Legal AF Substack: https://michaelpopok.substack.com/20off Follow Legal AF on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/legalafmtn.bsky.social Follow Michael Popok on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mspopok.bsky.social Subscribe to the Legal AF podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/legal-af-by-meidastouch/id1580828595 Subscribe to the Intersection with Michael Popok podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-intersection-with-michael-popok/id1818863274 Subscribe to Unprecedented with Michael Popok and Dina Doll podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unprecedented-by-legal-af/id1867023089 Subscribe to Court of History with Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-court-of-history/id1867022920

Top Comments (10)

@maryjohnstone1051 2026-02-05

Trump thinks if you're smart enough to steal money from suckers and losers then you deserve their money. Trump doesn't think "non violent crime" is crime. He thinks fraud is fine.

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@johndanenberg217 2026-02-05

He's using the pardons to build his criminal organization.

37 3 replies
@jamesdrake6864 2026-02-05

Corruption, Fascism, Racism, Murderous, when will the Pedo Protection Regime be held accountable??

35 2 replies
@KelvinBernasconni 2026-02-05

The pardon process should be a reverse trial, which should have absolutely no influence from the president.

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@madelinesolomon 2026-02-05

Is Trump pardoning the worst of the worst? How can he possibly be pardoning & commuting sentences for these serious criminals while his agencies are chasing down and imprisoning people who committed no crime? 🙃

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@lauraparmenter254 2026-02-05

He's screwing the victims of their Justice and restitution

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@sharonmoist7016 2026-02-05

The horrible part of these pardons is the forgiveness of the restitutions by now the money that should go to the victims must be in the billions!

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@juanitaross5492 2026-02-05

Trump is such a mafioso, we do need an investigation to see where all this money for pardons is going. They fact that some gave money to trump personally and then got a pardon. Is criminal.

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@suem3854 2026-02-05

Locking up innocent people because of their skin and letting real criminal and dealers out of prison. Ok , yea makes perfect sense. Lining the demons pockets again.

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@shavonnandrews3228 2026-02-05

He's a con man and this is how he's making his living. If he's not suing, he's extorting or pardoning people. What a life he's living. WOW!

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