Rapier108 said:
The only reason DOJ went after Cuellar is he left the Democrat reservation and went after Biden on the open border, and opposed his party's radical shift on abortion.
And this thread quickly because derailed by Windy City Ag about something which is completely irrelevant to the topic of the thread.
Windy City Ag said:
He lost me after the Michele Fiore pardon.
The woman was convicted of using money collected for a statue honoring a murdered police officer for cosmetic surgery, rent and her daughter's wedding.
Just scum.
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Accepting $600K in bribes from Azerbaijan probably has something to do with it too.
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A woman from Houston was the third person to plead guilty in the investigation of U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife Imelda Cuellar for alleged bribery and money laundering, according to a recently unsealed plea agreement.
It was first reported by the San Antonio Express-News.
During a hearing closed to the public on May 1, the same day Henry and Imelda Cuellar were indicted, the Express-News reported that 67 year old Irada Akhoundova secretly entered a guilty plea to a charge of failing to register as a foreign agent for the country of Azerbaijan.
Cuellar's former campaign manager, Colin Strother, and another consultant, Florencio "Lencho" Rendon, were the first two people to plead guilty in the investigation. They admitted to helping the Cuellars launder more than $200,000 in bribes from the Mexican Bank Banco Azteca.
Rapier108 said:
Spare me your moral outrage.
If Biden pardoned him, you'd be silent or defending it.
captkirk said:
Pardons:
George W. Bush 200
Obama 1,927
Biden 0
Autopen 4,245
Trump 1,700
Anonymous Source said:Rapier108 said:
Spare me your moral outrage.
If Biden pardoned him, you'd be silent or defending it.
I always like it when people who know exactly dick about me tell me what I'll defend..
Scientific said:ETFan said:Scientific said:
I haven't seen one word around here on the pardon of the ex Honduran president--known and convicted of drug trafficking and creating narco state.
Careful, you'll be accused of supporting drug trafficking somehow. You've questioned dear leader's hypocritical messaging versus actions!
Juan Orlando Hernandez's accusations were a mile high and a mile deep. A witness connected to his brother that was under federal custody, who was on his way to being convicted, somehow was conveniently murdered in a maximum security prison in Honduras under his presidency. Not a single word on this on here.
It's probably the worst pardon handed out. while we're bombing narco boats in the Carribean.
Rapier108 said:
The only reason DOJ went after Cuellar is he left the Democrat reservation and went after Biden on the open border, and opposed his party's radical shift on abortion.
And this thread quickly because derailed by Windy City Ag about something which is completely irrelevant to the topic of the thread.
Scientific said:
I haven't seen one word around here on the pardon of the ex Honduran president--known and convicted of drug trafficking and creating narco state.
captkirk said:
Pardons:
George W. Bush 200
Obama 1,927
Biden 4,245
Trump 1,700
HTownAg98 said:
Cuellar got caught up in the Azerbaijani Laundromat investigation. That's how he got fingered, so to speak.
ETFan said:Scientific said:
I haven't seen one word around here on the pardon of the ex Honduran president--known and convicted of drug trafficking and creating narco state.
Careful, you'll be accused of supporting drug trafficking somehow. You've questioned dear leader's hypocritical messaging versus actions!
No Spin Ag said:ETFan said:Scientific said:
I haven't seen one word around here on the pardon of the ex Honduran president--known and convicted of drug trafficking and creating narco state.
Careful, you'll be accused of supporting drug trafficking somehow. You've questioned dear leader's hypocritical messaging versus actions!
You mean Trump spending untold amounts of money to make go boom little boats in the water which were said to have drugs in them thousands of miles away from us while releasing a man in prison for doing the same as those in the little boats?
Come on, man.
flown-the-coop said:No Spin Ag said:ETFan said:Scientific said:
I haven't seen one word around here on the pardon of the ex Honduran president--known and convicted of drug trafficking and creating narco state.
Careful, you'll be accused of supporting drug trafficking somehow. You've questioned dear leader's hypocritical messaging versus actions!
You mean Trump spending untold amounts of money to make go boom little boats in the water which were said to have drugs in them thousands of miles away from us while releasing a man in prison for doing the same as those in the little boats?
Come on, man.
No spin here. Just keeping this as unconfirmed despite multiple statements from the admin, videos and simple logic regarding the type of boats, location, motors, fuel cans and cargos and not one single scintilla indicating these boats were up to legitimate activities.
No spin at all. Cmon, you are better than that.
No Spin Ag said:
You're right, I am. Forgive me, it's been a day and my mind, as dull as it is is operating on extra blunt right now.
Carry on. I'll go get some coffee now.
Silent For Too Long said:
The Democrats created the environment of selective prosecution.
Crimes committed by Democrat's criminal leniency are several orders of magnitude more numerous then crimes committed by Trump's pardons. We are talking about murders, rapists, thieves numbering in the hundreds of thousands.
It's simply not even close. Cry me a ****ing river.
flown-the-coop said:No Spin Ag said:
You're right, I am. Forgive me, it's been a day and my mind, as dull as it is is operating on extra blunt right now.
Carry on. I'll go get some coffee now.
Don't mess up the blunt by narcanning it with caffeine. Enjoy your mellow mood.
In fact, a day of TexAg-ing has me jonesing for some good, good myself.
I will be back with deeper thoughts.
Silent For Too Long said:
Yeah maybe. Maybe we don't have the full story. Maybe its a mistake. Maybe he's just letting money talk.
If its a miscarriage of justice it sucks. It just doesn't move the needle.
Are you really staying up at night because of your outrage over this? Are you doing something about it? Calling your congressman? Picketing The White House?
No?
Yeah, I don't really give a ****, either.
flown-the-coop said:No Spin Ag said:
You're right, I am. Forgive me, it's been a day and my mind, as dull as it is is operating on extra blunt right now.
Carry on. I'll go get some coffee now.
Don't mess up the blunt by narcanning it with caffeine. Enjoy your mellow mood.
In fact, a day of TexAg-ing has me jonesing for some good, good myself.
I will be back with deeper thoughts.
HTownAg98 said:
Cuellar got caught up in the Azerbaijani Laundromat investigation. That's how he got fingered, so to speak.
one safe place said:
I wish a president could not undo the outcome of the judicial system via pardons, commutations, etc.
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President Donald Trump pardoned Oak View Group CEO Tim Leiweke on Wednesday, months after the live entertainment mogul was indicted on charges of conspiring to rig the bidding process for an arena in Texas.
Leiweke is alleged to have conspired with the CEO of a rival company to rig the bidding process for the development and use of a public arena that would have gone on the campus of a university in Austin, Texas.
Trump granted Leiweke clemency in an order on Wednesday, though he did not offer an explanation for the move.
Leiweke was facing up to 10 years in prison and a $1 million fine based on his charges.
Prosecutors say Leiweke negotiated a deal with a rival company that prevented that company from filing a rival bid for the development of the arena. In exchange, Leiweke allegedly agreed to give the rival company the arena's subcontracts.
Im Gipper said:
Look on the bright side!
At least we know it wasn't the autopen!
LMCane said:Im Gipper said:
Look on the bright side!
At least we know it wasn't the autopen!
Cuellar needs to publicly renounce the democrat party and become a Republican
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Cuellar needs to publicly renounce the democrat party and become a Republican
Correction said:
Trump's even fighting back against the lawfare of the Trump DOJ!Quote:
President Donald Trump pardoned Oak View Group CEO Tim Leiweke on Wednesday, months after the live entertainment mogul was indicted on charges of conspiring to rig the bidding process for an arena in Texas.
Leiweke is alleged to have conspired with the CEO of a rival company to rig the bidding process for the development and use of a public arena that would have gone on the campus of a university in Austin, Texas.
Trump granted Leiweke clemency in an order on Wednesday, though he did not offer an explanation for the move.
Leiweke was facing up to 10 years in prison and a $1 million fine based on his charges.
Prosecutors say Leiweke negotiated a deal with a rival company that prevented that company from filing a rival bid for the development of the arena. In exchange, Leiweke allegedly agreed to give the rival company the arena's subcontracts.
flown-the-coop said:Correction said:
Trump commuted David Gentile's 7-year sentence for running a billion dollar Ponzi scheme after serving just 12 days.NEW: The commutation Trump issued to David Gentile wipes away all further fines & restitution.
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) December 3, 2025
Gentile had been sentenced to 7 years for his role in a $1.6B scheme that defrauded thousands of investors.
Prosecutors had been seeking $15.5M in forfeiture.https://t.co/5cjY1dQTZt pic.twitter.com/nlKGlWHjcH
Tough luck, defrauded investors.
Never, ever include any readily available context, details, facts or explanations for why something was done. Always default to Trump is a crook who pardons other crooks.Quote:
"Unlike similar companies, GPB paid regular annualized distributions to its investors. In 2015, GPB disclosed to investors the possibility of using investor capital to pay some of these distributions rather than funding them from current operations," the official said.
"At trial, the government was unable to tie any supposedly fraudulent representations to Mr. Gentile," the official added. "Mr. Gentile also raised serious concerns that the government had elicited false testimony and failed to correct such testimony."
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt reiterated that statement at a press briefing on Monday, rejecting that Gentile was part of a Ponzi scheme.
"This is another example that has been brought to the president's attention of the weaponization of justice from the previous administration, and therefore, he signed this commutation," Leavitt told reporters.
