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[–] bedwyr@piefed.ca 2 points 4 hours ago

This just means Bill will have to shell out a king's ransom to prez and his legal sharks to get the case dropped.

The firesale pardon price of a million dollars in 2020 I suspect has given way to a sliding scale, and in any case requires a lot moe than a million now.

That is an interesting article though thanks for sharing I didn't know about this kind of racketeering specifically.