The Committee gives the Conservative Barf Bag Award to yet another conservative swindler. Stephen E. Buyer used his position in congress to gather insider information, which he used to commit securities fraud. Despite being convicted of fraud, the Republican Party gathered around one of their own and spared him the consequences of his criminality. The Committee wonders who got cuts of the fraudulently acquired money.
From The New York Times
President Trump has pardoned Stephen E. Buyer, a former Republican representative from Indiana who was convicted of insider trading in 2023.
The pardon for Mr. Buyer was endorsed by current and former Republican lawmakers, including Senators Roger Wicker of Mississippi and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, and former House Speaker John Boehner, according to the proclamation, which was dated June 4.
Mr. Buyer was sentenced in 2023 to 22 months in prison after being convicted on four counts of securities fraud. The authorities had filed civil and criminal charges against him for trading stock on information about two mergers that he had received from clients of the consulting firm he formed after leaving Congress in 2011, according to the complaint.
Since he returned to the White House last year, Mr. Trump has issued a wave of pardons and commutations. Dozens of pardons have been granted to people accused of white-collar crimes, giving rise to an industry of right-wing operatives hired to bring requests for clemency to the president.
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Never ever underestimate the malignance of conservatives.