Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. In 2023, Changpeng Zhao—founder and former CEO of Binance, the biggest crypto exchange in the world—pleaded guilty to money-laundering violations. He served a four-month prison term and paid a $50 million fine. Zhao, usually…
EXCLUSIVE: Donald Trump is heavily weighing giving Sean “Diddy” Combs a full presidential pardon ahead of the convicted Bad Boy Records founder’s sentencing later this year. Nearly two months after Trump publicly entertained the notion of a Diddy pardon in an Oval Office gaggle, a comprehensive get out of jail card for Combs is being…
As a CEO of a public company, there are certain things you need to know from day one. Brushing your teeth before a board meeting — or any meeting — is one of those. Putting on a suit is up there, as is not harassing the help. Another prerequisite: if you’re interested in buying another…
Joe Biden and the Dem apparat around him have made it plain: They are going to do as much damage to America as they can on the way out the door. Last week brought a record number of presidential pardons, including 1,500 commutations of the sentences of “nonviolent” felons, most of whom were already serving…
President Joe Biden announced Thursday that he commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and pardoned 39 others convicted of nonviolent crimes, setting a record for the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history.”I think it’s a good day for many of those folks who deserve that second chance,” White House Press Secretary Karine…
This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this delivered to your inbox? Subscribe to future newsletters. When Charles Turner heard that President Joe Biden had pardoned his son Hunter this week it left him feeling hopeful. After 36 years in federal prison, Turner…
Hunter Biden has responded to his pardon in a new court filing. “Joseph R Biden Jr granted me a full and unconditional pardon for, inter alia, the offenses specified in the indictment in this case,” he wrote. “On December 1, I received and formally accepted the president’s grant of a pardon. I declare (or certify,…
WASHINGTON — Colorado Democratic Gov. Jared Polis blasted President Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter — saying Sunday that Biden “put his family ahead of the country” and that the move would “tarnish his reputation.” The stinging rebuke from the possible 2028 presidential contender came as Biden, 82, prepared to fly to Angola for an official visit…