I can see prisoners all across America reaching out to "celebrities" as their last best chance to get pardoned. Forget hiring lawyers, all you need is a Kardashian or Kanye and you're good to go.

In an interview Kim said she is planning on saving one life a year. It was much more fulfilling to her than going on a shopping spree, but one a year is her limit.

Interesting essay here on the rationale(s) behind Trump's pardons:

https://www.lawfareblog.com/...demagogic-presidency

Rod might be worthy of a commutation, 14 years seemed pretty harsh.

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I'm beginning to think that we are much more fucked than I thought.

Yeah, it was a pretty stiff sentence, especially when no actual quid pro quo even happened. It was a conspiracy rap, I believe.

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"Politics is just show business for ugly people."

Good business opportunity for someone.