Rule of law collapse update: Devon Archer's pardon

In another sign that djt holds the rule of law in cynical contempt he pardoned Devon Archer, a former associate of Hunter Biden. Archer was convicted in 2018 for his role in a fraudulent scheme that defrauded a Native American tribe. Archer scammed the Wakpamni Lake Community Corp., a business arm of the Oglala Sioux Tribe. The scheme involved fraudulent issuance and sale of over $60 million in tribal bonds. 

In his comments yesterday, djt said that Archer was "treated very unfairly" and considered him "a victim of a crime." He did not specify what crime Archer was allegedly a victim of. Archer claimed he was the target of "a convoluted lawfare effort" and had been "subjected to a complex legal campaign aimed at destroying and silencing" him. So Archer and djt are both lying liars about this.

So why did djt pardon a friend of Hunter Biden? Because Archer provided key testimony in 2023 to congressional Republicans investigating the Biden family's business dealings. He claimed that Hunter Biden sold "the illusion of access" to his father, Joe Biden.

So how what else did this get for Archer? He got out of his 1 year and 1 day jail sentence because he had not yet started serving time for his crime. The pardon also relieved Archer of paying $43,427,436 in restitution and an additional obligation to forfeit $15,700,513 was nullified. In total, the pardon erased Archer's financial obligations worth about $59,127,949 related to his criminal conviction.

This is how djt and MAGA elites treat the rule of law. For them, the law is there to serve them and their interests and to punish opposition and criticism. The day after the 2024 election, I predicted the rule of law would collapse with djt and MAGA elites being above the law. It looks like that is coming true or already is true.