petersuber<p>"In what may have been a first, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> pardoned a <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/corporation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporation</span></a>. The company to earn that distinction was a <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> exchange sentenced to a $100 million fine for violating an anti-money laundering law."<br><a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/04/02/trump-pardons-corporation-bitmex-crypto/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/04/02/tr</span><span class="invisible">ump-pardons-corporation-bitmex-crypto/</span></a></p><p>Comment by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/rickclaypool" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rickclaypool</span></a></span> of <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/PublicCitizen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicCitizen</span></a>: "Putting corporate pardons on the table strengthens Trump’s corrupt and authoritarian power over corporations. This has the potential to trigger a lobbying frenzy for any corporation that has faced federal enforcement.” </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Pardons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pardons</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USLaw</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>