Trump commutes 7 year prison sentence for former private equity executive David Gentile who defrauded 10,000 investors

[essentialsaltes]

He had been sentenced to seven years in prison after an August 2024 conviction for his role in what the Justice Department at the time described as a scheme to defraud more than 10,000 investors by misrepresenting the performance of three private equity funds.

[He had just reported to prison in November when the sentence was then commuted by the president.]

 

[CRAZY_CAT_WOMAN]

Just one of Trump's many kinds of crimes, that Trump does. And don't think people on Trump's side should go to prison for. So surprise.

 

[Servus]

So what crimes are acceptable for a president to pardon?

 

[RocksInMyHead]

So what crimes are acceptable for a president to pardon?

In theory, any crime is eligible to be pardoned, because pardons are primarily about the person, not the crime. Generally speaking, I'm not opposed to pardons in cases where there appears to be a miscarriage of justice or where the law has changed such that what the person was convicted of is no longer a crime (or is a much less serious crime - e.g. a misdemeanor instead of a felony). Commutations make sense in cases where the person has been a model prisoner, has served a significant chunk of their sentence, and has shown an effort to reform and give back to the community. But that's really about it.