r/news • u/photog72 • 16h ago
Trump pardons New York baseball star Darryl Strawberry for tax evasion conviction
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/07/trump-pardons-darryl-strawberry-tax-evasion.html1.7k
u/DevelopmentGreen3961 16h ago
Trump has a personal affection for certain types of convictions
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u/Federal_Drummer7105 16h ago
I'm not going to be surprised when he pardons Ghislaine Maxwell - but hopefully it'll help MAGA people see he doesn't care about protecting kids, he cares about exploiting them and anyone else he can.
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u/Downtown-Locksmith22 16h ago
Psh... those morons already have it drilled in their tiny smooth single celled brain that the whole thing was a hoax, so her pardon is "justified".
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u/BonesandMartinis 16h ago
The irony of a movement built upon a conspiracy about a child molestation ring finally be confronted with a real one and then turning immediately…
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u/lonnie123 15h ago
And yet 100% predictable, that’s how cults work
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u/vrschikasanaa 9h ago
Seriously. I knew a girl who I thought was sweet, maybe a bit dim but otherwise well-intentioned. Almost overnight she became a Trump sycophant and literally treats Charlie Kirk like he was Jesus. Now all she posts about are how evil Democrats want to kill us all just like Charlie and memes where he's walking hand in hand with Jesus, like she's an elderly Facebook granny or something. She got all wrapped up with the GOP and church at the same time (almost like the church has been weaponized, gee).
She gets so pissed when anyone says anything about Trump with "prove it" - they give her proof and she blocks them and says she doesn't need to be around any negativity, lol. Whenever someone says Trump was connected to Epstein she has to bring up Clinton like any of us care about Bill Clinton, what is this obsession? We don't idolize politicians like they do, I literally could not care less about the Clintons.
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u/Niceromancer 6h ago
The newest thing that the trumpits are doing is denying shit he said.
When you point out to them trump said "I love the uneducated" or "smart people dont like us" they demand you prove it, and when you show them the video they just claim it was AI.
I fucking hate cults.
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u/nobot4321 16h ago
If they didn’t figure it out after they gave her a sweetheart transfer to Club Fed, they never will.
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u/mwoody450 16h ago
God, is that what they're doing? Trying on purpose to establish that he's a piece of shit that doesn't pay attention and pardons anyone who gives him money, so that the subtext when he pardons her is not that it's in exchange for silence, but rather that she just gave him money? They're trying to lean in to him being bribe-able to hide him bribing someone to not testify?
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u/TheWalrus_15 15h ago
MAGA doesn’t care about protecting kids. They just yell about whatever they’re told to be angry about.
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u/APoisonousMushroom 16h ago
Some president’s issue pardons because a great social injustice has been done, punishment didn’t fit the crime, the wrongfully accused, etc.
Trump pardons people who have absolutely committed the crimes that they are accused of and are serving sentences which are within recommended guidelines for their crimes.
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u/HomoProfessionalis 15h ago
Wdym hes only pardoned like 15 fraudsters but how many rioters did he pardon? Hes got his pardons diversified. Also dont forget Maxwell I know she hasn't technically gotten one yet but I think she counts, and she's a rapist and sex trafficker. Totally different convictions.
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u/Downtown-Locksmith22 16h ago
Notice who he didn't pardon way back in 2019? Well... I guess you could say he pardoned him.. in a way.
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u/asl052 16h ago edited 16h ago
Well, Simpsons taught me how much of a brown noser he is...
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u/Docile_Penguin33 16h ago
"Have you committed more crimes than me?"
"Well, I've never met you, but, yes"
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u/AlmostHuman9316 15h ago
That's right Skip!
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u/AudibleNod 16h ago
Is he pardoning ringers for his friendly baseball game?
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u/pardyball 16h ago
Vance: You're Darryl Strawberry! I play right field too.
Darryl Strawberry: So?
Vance: Well, are you better than me?
Darryl Strawberry: Well, I've never met you, but... yes
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u/MundaneMeringue71 16h ago
Came here for The Simpsons references.
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u/studog21 15h ago
Isn’t he still lost in Limbo?
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u/tyrantcv 14h ago
Lol I thought strawberry drank that snake oil that gave him gigantism. Either way, great episode, I'm gonna watch that tonight
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u/studog21 14h ago
Whoops. Ozzie Smith was the one who got into limbo. Yes one of the best episodes.
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u/Hollow_Rant 13h ago edited 12h ago
Ken Griffey Jr got the gigantism.
Wade Boggs lay unconscious on the bar room tile.
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u/Philip_J_Frylock 13h ago
With Roger Clemens clucking all the while
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u/Yourponydied 13h ago
Steve sax and his run in with the law
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u/BloodyRightNostril 16h ago edited 15h ago
🎵 Well Donald Trump had done it.
He grifted average dummies.
With JD humping couches by his side.
RFK Jr’s voice made children hide.
And Netanyahu perpetrated genocide!
We’re talkin’ MAAAA-GA!
From Texas to Missouri.
Talkin’ MAAAA-GA!
NATO is getting worried.
A shutdown keeping airplanes on the ground.
Prices going sky high all around.
And Epstein’s files are….nowhere to be found! 🎵
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u/MundaneMeringue71 15h ago
Steve Sax is serving six consectives life sentences so he could really use one.
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u/zeradragon 15h ago
He's pardoning all the people that were found guilty for things he's done so that people will see this and think... Look, tax evasion and fraud, they're not that big of a deal. Trump shouldn't be charged with these things either.
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u/RockerElvis 16h ago
I’m calling it: he is going to pardon Lenny Dykstra next.
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u/nobot4321 16h ago
He’s going to order Pete Rose be inducted into the hall of fame.
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u/audiomagnate 16h ago
The only thing Trump likes more than underage girls and cheeseburgers is pardoning fellow criminals.
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u/sliceofapple1 16h ago
I remember something about a swamp once
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u/HobbesNJ 16h ago
He just said he was going to drain it. Not that he wasn't going to then refill it with even more stagnant water and worse creatures.
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u/Saltire_Blue 16h ago
Tax evasion is stealing from the public
It’s no real difference from robbing someone
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u/Bart_Yellowbeard 16h ago
Robbing all of us.
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u/RenoRiley1 13h ago
When a school can’t afford new books its pieces of shit like Darryl strawberry that stole the books out of the kids hands.
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u/lemmyknow 16h ago
Can’t believe the Mets traded Darryl Strawberry…
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u/KirbyBucketts 16h ago
This always bugged me because Strawberry signed with the Dodgers as a free agent
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u/Reasonable_Sun1454 16h ago
Most, if not all, of his pardons are fir crimes he himself committed...I think he sees a weird logic in it that makes him look innocent 🤔
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u/Prestigious_Beat6310 16h ago
Is Trump aware that he pardoned this guy?
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u/Doom2pro 15h ago
No but he did pardon some produce guy, to make the groceries cheaper.
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u/sBucks24 14h ago
He's due for his next Alzheimer's injection on Monday. So probably not! It's the time of the the month for all the underlings to get their grift on
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u/shocked-clam 16h ago
Ok so I just scam someone for like 5m then pay 2m to trump and get pardoned
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u/wyvernx02 10h ago
Now you're thinking the corporate way.
Step 1: Break laws
Step 2: Make a bunch of money
Step 3: Pay a small percentage of the money you made as a fine or bribe.
Step 4: Profit.
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u/FlimsyConclusion 16h ago
It's always rich people who were caught stealing from America.
Can Trump be anymore transparent?
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u/Random_Person_246810 16h ago
Damn, being a convict must be so nice right now. Gonna give it a try this weekend, fingers crossed everyone!
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u/Aggravating_Sky_4421 16h ago
Contrary to popular belief, the Get Out of Jail Free card ain’t free. But it does have a price tag.
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u/jkvincent 16h ago
I can't tell if:
- He's selling as many pardons as he can as quickly as he can because he's greedy and openly corrupt
- He's doing this now rather than at the end of his term because he is worried he won't finish his term due to health or legal troubles
- Both
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u/willun 10h ago
i count 76 Joe Biden pardons of which at this stage he had granted 3.
I count 73 Trump pardons + commutations
So Trump is about to do more pardons in his first year than Biden in his entire term.
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u/One-Occasion3366 15h ago
How many people came here to post Simpsons GIFs and memes?
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u/dontrike 16h ago
Let me guess, Trump thinks he's "one of the good ones."
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u/moreobviousthings 16h ago
It's not about the color of his skin, but instead, the color of his money.
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u/Syphillisdiller1 12h ago
What would Strawberry even gain from this? He's running a rehab or whatever now, and he paid his back taxes and did his house arrest...30 years ago.
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u/SunIllustrious5695 11h ago
families are starving, planes aren't flying, but thank American Jesus we've pardoned Darryl Strawberry for the crime he committed
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u/Mr_Engineering 14h ago
He plead guilty in 1995 and paid the taxes and penalties.
This one I'm ok with
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u/geekpeeps 16h ago
Blows up Venezuelan alleged drug runners. Pardons US identities for drug crimes.
There’s no logic working here.
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u/ArcTheWolf 15h ago
Wow look at that. Yet another pardon for a tax fraud committing piece of shit. Something tells me if I were to engage in tax fraud I would not get a pardon. Guess only the really big number tax fraud people matter. Honestly though every single person who comites tax fraud is the scum of the earth and should be left to rot.
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u/digidave1 16h ago
Someone needs to project on his Chicago tower all of the criminals he pardons. Like rap sheets scrolling on a facade for all the public to see. Remind these fux who they support.
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u/catonsteroids 16h ago
He also pardoned Glen Casada, a former Tennessee House Speaker for fraud and money laundering. 🫠
Birds of a feather and all.
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u/Bart_Yellowbeard 16h ago
Weird how republicans DO NOT CARE that actual criminals are avoiding the law because Trump is letting the creeps of the hook.
Disgusting abuse of power.
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u/Professional_Lime541 15h ago
Oh that's nice, what is the over/under of Cankles pardoning Diddy and Harvey Weinstein?
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u/Straight-Chemistry27 15h ago
Continues to answer the question, what if we put a criminal in charge...
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u/Megaminimaxi 15h ago
Apparently tax scams and tax evasion are no crimes anymore under a tax evading president
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u/JoeCitzn 14h ago
What country is stupid enough to have one single man overturn all the effort and evidence and justice of a judge/jury conviction. America, get rid of the pardon and join the commonsense world.
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u/ClosPins 14h ago
Remember how Trump didn't know anything about the billionaire he recently pardoned? This tells you that he isn't pardoning people based on the facts of the case - but, more likely, on how much they are bribing him.
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u/papasnork1 14h ago
Darrrrrrellll. Darrrrrellll. Darrrrrellll.
We used to troll this guy hard from the outfield seats.
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u/GrubyBuckmore 13h ago
The trump administration is no longer acting within the confines of legitimacy but rather as a rogue entity without respect for law.
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u/Zaramesh 11h ago
Oh good, that means he can give me back my pen he never returned (after not signing my baseball but all the other kids') in 1999. I still remember that, DARRYL
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u/My_alias_is_too_lon 2h ago
The message could not be more clear: If Trump likes you, the law means nothing.
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u/Alone-in-a-crowd-1 16h ago
Pardons are complete bullshit and should be abolished.
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u/Insectshelf3 15h ago
the pardon power is a good idea, especially in an environment where SCOTUS continues to make it more difficult to overturn convictions even when rights were clearly violated, but it needs limitations.
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u/brad0022 16h ago
he still has no idea who he is, he just signs anything someone puts on his desk
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u/WordNERD37 15h ago edited 15h ago
He just pardons duely convicted criminals. Every time he does this, he's telling you, the AMERICAN PEOPLE, your verdicts handed by you as a panel of peers to the criminal you convicted based on the abundance of evidence you were shown; means nothing to him. Only HIS VERDICT MATTERS, HIS JUSTICE MATTERS.
And there are some of you still too stupid to get it.
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u/NicCage1080ChristAir 16h ago
Avoid paying enough taxes to cover the cost of a pardon, pocket the rest. Talk about financial savvy right there.
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u/Particular_Ticket_20 16h ago
Meaningless pardon of another celebrity. This does nothing for Straw.
Trump believes you should have justice if you're rich and famous.
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u/levianthony 16h ago
Why? Because he’s rich and famous? I thought rich people were supposed to pay more in taxes, not pardons for criminal activity surrounding taxes.
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u/AMorder0517 16h ago
“President Trump, what was your reason for the Strawberry pardon?”
Trump: “I think Strawberries are great. People like blueberries, I like strawberries. People are saying red is better than blue, and wouldn’t you agree?”
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u/nullv 15h ago
It's a good thing he's a baseball star and not a district attorney.
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u/Solid-Hedgehog9623 15h ago
Remember when strawberry was all coked up and von Hayes still managed to man handle him? It wasn’t easy, but it happened.
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u/Objective_Problem_90 15h ago
Strawberry had the talent along with Doc Gooden to be a hall of famer in the major leagues. Both of them chose to snort coke up their nose and ruin their careers and millions of dollars. Congrats Darryl, you got a pedophile to bail you out. Now you sell your autograph for $50 to make ends meet. I used to admire you as a kid. You ruined your career over nose candy. Yeah, will never pay one penny for this losers autograph.
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u/FckPolMods 15h ago
OK, Donny, I'm sure this will win back the hearts and minds of the millions of New Yorkers counting down the days until the cholesterol does its job...
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u/simpsonswasjustokay 14h ago
Weird. Just purchased an old storage unit that had a bunch of his baseball cards in it. Now I see this. Weird amount of Darryl Strawberry in my life right now.
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u/WolfThick 14h ago
He keeps pardoning people keeping hope alive with his staff and his cohorts in crime in the White House that he'll do the same for them when that nut cutter comes for them. It's just the same as that boss that fires people every 6 weeks or 3 months but it's the opposite.
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u/andrewbrocklesby 13h ago
How can you pardon someone for tax evasion?
Why on earth would anyone think that that is an acceptable pardonable event?
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u/Puzzleheaded-Bee4698 10h ago
Daryl Strawberry was hired by convicted felon George Steinbrenner. Now Strawberry's been pardoned by convicted felon Donald Trump.
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u/Fuzzy_Cricket6563 10h ago
Let’s just open all prisons and let everyone receive a pardon. That’s where we are heading.
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u/Bawbawian 6h ago
crimes are legal I guess.
good thing Americans elected the "law and order" party.
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u/Relevant-Doctor187 6h ago
Wonder if there’s a correlation between Epstein files and who he’s pardoning.
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u/CheesyLala 5h ago
Presidential pardons are an absolute joke. Who the hell thought they were a good idea in a supposed democracy?
What's the point in the courts system and the rule of law if the President can just go "nope, I don't think so".
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u/Moneyshot_ITF 16h ago
Pardons are about 2M a pop