>MP> I am also sure there is some string-pulling/donor-suggestions involved in
>MP> the decision, too, but he did promise this during his 2020 campaign so it
>MP> should not be too surprising that he also commuted sentences.

> He also promised to "provide clean water to all Americans," but nobody has
el
> him to that commitment. Probably because replacing water pipes costs money,
> whereas springing some child predators from prison doesn't cost a cent.

Oh, I am not saying keeping a campaign promise is a reason to commute these
sentences.  Only that it should not come as a surprise that he did so.

IMHO, he should not have commuted them.  The crimes these people committed
seemed unusually vile.


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