The ‘drain the swamp’ president just freed Republican congressman Stephen Buyer from prison after his insider trading conviction—no explanation given. Meanwhile, Trump’s administration is loudly prosecuting fraud cases in blue states, proving he reserves the rule of law for his enemies. Different rules for cronies, same old Trump playbook. Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/06/trump-pardons-stephen-buyer-insider-trading
Trump claimed his Capitol attack pardons were about healing and giving misguided Americans a second chance. Instead, at least five pardoned rioters have been accused of new crimes, including Ryan Nichols allegedly brandishing a gun in an argument. Trump didn’t pardon patriots—he gave violent criminals a permission slip to keep breaking the law. Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/16/trump-capitol-attack-supporters-new-crimes
Trump pardoned Zachary Alam as a wrongly persecuted ‘political prisoner,’ but Alam just got seven years for burglary—proving Trump freed actual criminals, not martyrs. The so-called ‘law and order’ president weaponized his pardon power to protect insurrectionists regardless of their rap sheets. Trump’s blanket forgiveness wasn’t justice; it was recklessness dressed up as loyalty. Source:…
So Trump’s first move in round two? Wiping clean the slate for a nursing home owner convicted of defrauding elderly patients. The families whose grandmas suffered? Still waiting for their apology tour. Much for protecting the vulnerable—unless you’re rich enough to donate. Source: https://www.propublica.org/article/joseph-schwartz-trump-pardon-skyline-nursing-home-patients