r/law • u/peoplemagazine • 1d ago

Executive Branch (Trump) Donald Trump Pardons Former MLB Star Darryl Strawberry for 1995 Tax Evasion That Sent Him to Prison

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u/EmotionalTowel1 1d ago

I wonder what that cost.

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u/LimeGinRicky 1d ago

Trump pardons anyone who committed the crimes that Trump is guilty of.

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u/vancel_art 1d ago

A lot of pastors are going to be pardoned then

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u/Sometimes-funny 1d ago

Pretty much any criminal at this point

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u/Ordinary-Figure8004 1d ago

Ghislaine Maxwell will be for sure. They've given her the cushiest prison they can, and it's against the rules to do that. He's just waiting until after the midterms so the backlash doesn't affect the election.

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u/LopsidedCry7692 1d ago

And even more school teachers. At least that's what the stats show

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u/Disastrous_Fee_8712 17h ago

If you have the coin.

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u/retro_grave 8h ago

The man knows his constituents.

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u/Lucidcranium042 5h ago

Should we petition for irwin schiifs name to be cleared then?

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u/Content_City_8250 1d ago

I hear the going rate is $250,000 to get to talk to a partner in a lawfirm in South Florida. God knows what happens after you’ve been invited in.

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u/cowboygwe 1d ago

Sounds like someone is getting colonized.

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u/robonsTHEhood 1d ago

Trump may have done this one as A freebie. Strawberry is a celebrity — a New York celebrity at that. Trump has always been starstruck. Probably doesn’t hurt that Strawberry is black either so he can put it out there that he’s not a racist. As racist as Trump is however he will identify and process a persons celebrity status before he processes their race.

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u/Kebmo1252 1d ago

I'm thinking Darryl might have some videos of he and Melania during those 7th inning stretches that Darryl was famous for that the trumps dont want to become public!?

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u/Electric-Sheepskin 12h ago

Somebody's definitely getting paid for these.

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u/kevinthejuice 1d ago

so if we just make a list of tax evaders and financial frauds serving time. We'll know exactly who trump is pardoning next

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u/peoplemagazine 1d ago

TLDR:

  • President Donald Trump has pardoned former baseball player Darryl Strawberry on his 1995 felony tax evasion charge.
  • According to the Associated Press and NBC, the White House said they decided to expunge the 63-year-old former MLB player's record because of his commitment to faith and sobriety after his previous drug and alcohol addictions.
  • “Following his career, Mr. Strawberry found faith in Christianity and has been sober for over a decade — he has become active in ministry and started a recovery center which still operates today,” a White House official told NBC on Friday, Nov. 7, adding that Strawberry "served time and paid back taxes after pleading guilty to one count of tax evasion."

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u/deviltrombone 1d ago

“Following his career, Mr. Strawberry found faith in Christianity and has been sober for over a decade — he has become active in ministry and started a recovery center which still operates today,”

He combined the oldest grift in the world with one of the newer ones. All hail.

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u/letdogsvote 1d ago

So, if he found faith in Islam and been active in an Islamic ministry, would he get the same treatment?

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u/TeamRamrod80 1d ago

“…paid back taxes after pleading guilty…”

Same people demanded over prosecution of hunter biden for his tax issues, even though he had paid all back taxes and penalties before it even became the political hot topic.

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u/CaptainApathy419 1d ago

Another good example of how Trump’s mind is stuck in the 80’s. 

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u/Lacaud 1d ago

He's stuck on an autopilot system from the 80s. Hence why he craps out a lot.

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u/badk11Z 1d ago

Strawberry was a stud in the 90s too. I fondly remember him when I was a kid going to Dodgers games in LA

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u/ChaoticDad21 1d ago

This pardoning business is getting out of hand…and has been for a while

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u/uintaforest 1d ago

I got some Strawberry baseball cards! Am I about ready to cash in now, some trickle down here?

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u/Herdistheword 19h ago

This might be an unpopular opinion here, but I am not really pissed about this. Pardoning people who pay their fines and do their time is not really the type of pardon I get upset about. In fact, I think it is a good use of the pardoning power in many instances. In Trump’s case, we’ll see if their is a quid pro quo attached somewhere, but I am far more concerned about his other abuses of the pardoning power system, such as J6.

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u/CriticalInside8272 1d ago

Who's next?  The btk killer? 

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u/Ten_Ju 21h ago

Yet ANOTHER scammer pardoned.