Trump Pardons Developer Prosecuted By... Trump?
Donald Trump has pardoned developer Richard Leiweke, a man whose company, according to the NYT, was prosecuted by his *own* Justice Department. While the mainstream media frames this as an anomaly, it's really just business as usual: powerful people bending the system to their will. Leiweke, a board member of the National Association of Home Builders, frequently golfed with GOP leadership and
donated generously — specifically, his company gave over $200,000 to Republican campaigns and super PACs between 2018-2022, according to OpenSecrets.org. One might wonder if the DOJ simply 'misunderstood' the situation. So, a developer who gets indicted by one hand of the administration then gets a get-out-of-jail-free card from the other. It appears the 'deep state' only operates when convenient,
and the 'swamp' is less about draining and more about redecorating with familiar faces. The only surprising thing here is that anyone is surprised.