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Biden grants clemency to Indiana nursing home CEO who led $19M fraud scheme (indystar.com)
15 points by indigodaddy 3 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 5 comments





Why?

>An FBI informant who wore a wire caught Burkhart boasting about how he spent "a lot of money on politicians."

Oh, that’s why.


FTA:

> The White House and the U.S. Department of Justice did not provide explanations for individual commutations. But those whose sentences Biden commuted on Thursday had been placed on home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic and "have successfully reintegrated into their families and communities," according to a fact sheet from the White House.

> The federal Bureau of Prisons website shows Burkhart, 60, was assigned to the residential reentry management field office in Detroit, which primarily manages federal offenders in halfway houses or on home confinement. His release date was listed as Sept. 22, 2025.

> In all, Biden commuted the sentences of 1,499 people who have been serving their sentences at home for at least one year. He also pardoned 39 others convicted of nonviolent crimes, including one Indianapolis woman.


Shameful.

This should not be downvoted. The administration was attempting to pardon non violent offenders, but utterly failed to review cases to exempt egregious offenders from clemency. The "kids for cash" judge was another who received this clemency.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_for_cash_scandal


It is. And sad to say we’re currently sitting at a local minima when it comes to corruption.



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