ICYMI, this was yesterday's 🔥 news item among the law-type folks I know. See context at https://icymilaw.org/archive/2025-12-28.html#news (daily news digest). Article here 👇

Lobbyists close to Trump say their going rate to advocate for a pardon is $1 million

Let's hope this con man becomes a real life con and starts singin' the "who's gonna pardon me blues." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

www.wsj.com/politics/pol.... The corruption is so widespread that even the WSJ is writing about it.

www.wsj.com/politics/pol.... Republicans are co-conspirators in the corruption.

Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

"Trump had asked aides for months if Cuellar would flip to the Republican Party if he pardoned him, according to people familiar with the conversations." Corruption. Everywhere.

Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon | Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons. | www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

There is always a way. Apparently, a pardon from Trump costs $1 million. This tracks. And not surprising. #Pinks archive.today/OqELj

"Driving up the price for well-connected lobbyists and lawyers is the sense that they can pursue only a few pardons, given the political capital they need to expend to fast-track a case." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Got a Kingpin side room scene just like Trump’s shakedown m. o. in last episode of DAREDEVIL. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Corruption so pungent, it wafts right off the page: Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.” Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...