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Jason Riddle says he rejected pardon because ‘it happened. I did those things, and they weren’t pardonable’

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

I don't think job prospects is the reason. Assuming they're not quite repentent, it's easier to get a job with a clean criminal record than with a rap sheet and some publicity about feeling remorse. Especially in a Trump world that will hate you for turning against the man who pardoned you.

Nah. I think they're really repentent, or stupid enough to prefer any publicity - even dangerous publicity, because they're going to draw the ire of many magats doing this - over anonymous lack of consequences for what they did.