With all the pardon talk going on right now, Agent Orange decided to keep it up and throw another wrench in the process. It is being reported that there is a $2M asking price on a pardon. Whether it is a single instance or not isn't know, but knowing Trump, he is assuredly trying to sell them since he know they are worth a lot.
Definitely not legal. Blagojevich went to prison for trying to sell Obama's senate seat. This is the same thing. That said, I doubt anything will be done about it. Its like 15th on the list of obnoxiously illegal things Trump and his cronies have done just in the last year
Here is what I found on the pardons:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/17/us/politics/trump-pardons.html
No mention of a fee to get pardoned, but Trump allies charging fees to give felons access to Trump for a pardon.
Giuliani associate told ex-CIA officer a Trump pardon would 'cost $2m’ – report | Rudy Giuliani | The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/17/rudy-giuliani-associate-john-kiriakou-trump-pardon
I’ve seen this on several websites. My husband said that pardons cannot be sold or given as a favor. If that would be the case, the pardon is invalid and will be overturned.
@lenor which may be why the authorities are slow-walking investigations right now. The fewer he can pardon, the better.
Oh good, I was hoping they would slow down on that, for this very reason. It's too bad that they've released so many names already though....