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Trump THROWS his OWN Lawyer UNDER BUS in PARDON SCHEME

2025-12-05 News & Politics
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Trump Pardon Backfires: Honduran Ex-President’s Prosecution Led by Trump’s Own Appointee

Discover how Donald Trump’s claim of a weaponized prosecution against the Honduran President he pardoned directly collapses, as records show Trump’s own lawyer initiated the case during his first administration.

Short Summary

  • Reveal Ironic Inception: The investigation against Juan Orlando Hernandez began under the Trump-led DOJ.
  • Identify Key Player: Emil Boove, Trump’s former defense lawyer, served as the lead federal prosecutor in the case.
  • Expose Political Flip-Flop: Allies who condemned Boove's departure under Biden now support Trump’s full pardon of Boove’s target.
  • Highlight Authoritarian Pattern: The move illustrates a pattern where transactional loyalty supersedes the rule of law, mirroring other global strongmen.

This conversation between Ben Meiselas and Harry Litman details the immediate contradiction arising from Donald Trump pardoning former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez (JOH). The central focus reveals that the prosecution resulting in JOH’s 45-year sentence was led by Emil Boove, an attorney Trump later appointed to a federal appeals court seat. This fundamentally undermines Trump's narrative that the case was a politically motivated "witch hunt" orchestrated by the Biden administration.

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas and Talking Feds host Harry Litman report on how Donald Trump’s accusations about a weaponized prosecution of the Honduran President he just pardoned is now backfiring as it has been revealed that Trump’s own lawyer was the main prosecutor in the case and Trump’s DOJ in his first administration initiated the prosecution. Subscribe: @TalkingFeds Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! MeidasTouch relies on SnapStream to record, watch, monitor, and clip the news. Get a FREE TRIAL of SnapStream by clicking here: https://go.snapstream.com/affiliate/meidastouch/meidasnews?utm_campaign=4490308-affiliate2025&utm_content=customerpartner Support the MeidasTouch Network: https://patreon.com/meidastouch Add the MeidasTouch Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-meidastouch-podcast/id1510240831 Buy MeidasTouch Merch: https://store.meidastouch.com Follow MeidasTouch on Twitter: https://twitter.com/meidastouch Follow MeidasTouch on Facebook: https://facebook.com/meidastouch Follow MeidasTouch on Instagram: https://instagram.com/meidastouch Follow MeidasTouch on TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@meidastouch

Top Comments (10)

@skippy9659 2025-12-05

Trump is now a prominent member of the global crime syndicate. This is a nightmare

573 20 replies
@nmarks 2025-12-05

You can bet Trump pardoned Hernandez in return for a huge bribe.

524 32 replies
@niclewis9610 2025-12-05

Zero sympathy for anyone who associates themselves with Trump. FAFO!

415 9 replies
@JarisSha-wu9nc 2025-12-05

I see no difference between Jan 6 violent insurrectionist’s and the rogue MAGA supreme court judges

298 9 replies
@Facedebouc1 2025-12-05

So Trump is taking bribes from drug cartels while illegally killing fishermen in the Caribbean, whom he accuses of trafficking? Uhh… That's way worse than a war crime; these are war crimes being used to cover up presidential corruption?

224 10 replies
@MikeBrown-l1r 2025-12-05

Congress needs to get a grip and climb out of their turtle shells and stop this lunacy! Impeach!

215 8 replies
@margrennie4163 2025-12-05

There has not been on pardon this term to an actually innocent person wrongfully imprisoned for years. I am appalled at the abuse

202 5 replies
@albertosanz8446 2025-12-05

He is " collecting ", billions of dollars, from all these pardons !!!😮

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@1dave301 2025-12-05

Pardons for sale. The bigger the criminal, the easier they can pay for one.

60 1 replies
@geobus3307 2025-12-05

Follow the money. This pardon wasn't provided for free.

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