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In April, the disgraced sheriff said he felt confident President Donald Trump would help him if he got in touch with White House officials

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[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Surely $75k isn't nearly enough to afford a pardon?

[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He now owes Trump a favor ...

[–] jonne 10 points 1 month ago

And he's showing all law enforcement that he has their backs, even if they do something illegal. He also cancelled a bunch of consent decrees that were designed to stamp out abuses in other cities (not that those are sufficient, obviously, but it was something).

[–] Ceruleum@lemmy.wtf 7 points 1 month ago

Wel, yes, of course he does.

[–] Trebuchet@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

AI generated Paul Blart

[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 month ago

Trump feels a kind of family connection with corrupt people.

[–] Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Did he fuckin eat em?

[–] GuyFawkes@midwest.social 3 points 1 month ago

As expected, no one will do anything but grumble about it.