Hidden cameras captured lobbyists as they tried to woo a potential client expressing interest in a pardon from President Trump.
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Pardons have no price for her Trump can't help, but a going rate for the felon lobbyists can.
“They keep telling you the pardon pen ran dry on the case with three dead kids and a mistrial, then a hidden camera catches the same pen getting priced out for a total stranger's felony that same week. That's not a legal limit, that's a menu — mercy's the special they took off the board, but the paying customer still gets a seat at the table.”
“Look, the President was crystal clear — Massachusetts is a state matter, the Constitution doesn't let him touch it, that's just federalism doing its job, nothing personal. Now the pardon-brokers thing, that's a totally separate industry, lobbyists talk big to land a retainer, it doesn't mean the White House is selling anything... wait, did I just spend a minute explaining why a guy can charge a fee for access to a pardon Trump supposedly can't even hand out himself? That's not — forget I said that.”
The receipts
President Donald Trump expressed sympathy for the family of Lindsay Clancy’s three children while signaling that he would not intervene in the former nurse’s state murder case.
President Donald Trump weighed in on whether he plans to pardon Lindsay Clancy after her attorney Kevin Reddington publicly asked for one after the case ended in a mistrial. In responding to Reddington’s request for a pardon, Trump pointed out the charges were a “state situation, not a federal one.” The president can only pardon […]
· Lindsay Clancy’s attorney makes plea for pardon from Trump from the morgue, 8 Sep 2026
· Lindsay Clancy's lawyer asks Trump to pardon her, despite it being a state case from the morgue, 9 Sep 2026
· Lindsay Clancy attorney's appeal to Trump for pardon could hurt his credibility, expert says from the morgue, 9 Sep 2026
· Lindsay Clancy’s attorney asks for Trump pardon in first interview since state mistrial from the morgue, 8 Sep 2026
· Lindsay Clancy's defense attorney requests Trump pardon: Is it legally possible? from the morgue, 8 Sep 2026
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