Lawyer Liz Oyer on Trump’s Corrupt Pardons
November 23, 2025
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November 23, 2025
Lawyer Liz Oyer on Trump’s Corrupt Pardons
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Lawyer Liz Oyer on Trump’s Corrupt Pardons
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<div>In Donald Trump's second term, we've seen a flurry of pardons and commutations. Of course, every President is granted the pardon power, but with this administration, pardons often seem to have a price tag. We're joined by Liz Oyer, former US pardon attorney (appointed by Biden and fired by Trump), to discuss some of the shadier pardons doled out during Trump's second term (so far). <br /><br />Oyer lays out how several of Trump’s pardons are motivated by money, loyalty, and retribution. Of course, we discuss the blanket pardon of the January 6th rioters, but we also examine the pardon of cryptocurrency-crook Changpeng Zhao, who Oyer says "might be the most corrupt pardon in American history."<br /><br />We dig into Trump's current pardon attorney, Ed Martin, a political operative who believes in "No MAGA left behind." Even Republicans found him too extreme to be a US Attorney, so Trump put him in charge of pardons and commutations. <br /><br />Plus, we get Oyer's unfiltered opinion of the Ghislane Maxwell/Jeffrey Epstein saga AND Hunter Biden's pardon at the end of Joe Biden's term. <br /><br />READ Liz Oyer's Substack at <a href="https://www.lawyeroyer.com/">https://www.lawyeroyer.com/</a><br /><br />Check out our sponsor Ollie for premium dog food! Go to <a href="https://www.ollie.com/franken">https://www.ollie.com/franken</a> and use code FRANKEN to get 60% off your first box.<br /><br />Check out our sponsor OneSkin for all of your skincare needs! Go to <a href="https://www.oneskin.co/FRANKEN">https://www.oneskin.co/FRANKEN</a> and use code FRANKEN to get 15% off of your order. </div>
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