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Staff working for Giuliani reported that pardons cost $2,000,000.

If it were that cheap Sean Combs would be a free man. They probably increase the expected bribe based on your perceived ability to pay.

It's probably as much about PR as it is about money - Puffy is a heavy lift on the PR side...

Giuliani was hawking pardons in the final days of Trump's first term. I'd expect that Trump will be much more interested in money than PR in the final days of his second term too. But he might not live that long, which must be excruciating if you're a wealthy crook.

Yeah, but he has a lot more money now - grifted literally billions - so I guess more is more, so idk.

you forget how racist trump is

Apparently his net worth peaked at a billion dollars. And he only got 4 years. By the time a pardon would be arranged, he'd almost be out again.

SBF has more than 20 years left.

that's it? seems low

Its volume pricing.

It's important to remember that Trump was actually relatively cash poor when he ran for president.

If you get rid of all his insane statements about his own wealth, his entire fortune boils down to a skyscraper, a resort, and a handful of piddling licensing deals. His realistic net worth was probably closer to, $500 million and the annual discretionary free cash flow closer to $20 - $40 million.

So, yeah. A single $2 million dollar ... erm... "emolument" would be something like 5-10% of his annual cashflow for a year. He might have taken over a 100 of these - that's a substantial boon!

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