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Former Mets star Darryl Strawberry thanks Trump for pardon during sermon at Tulsa church
Strawberry credited his Christian faith for over 20 years of sobriety and praised Trump’s pardon for past tax evasion and drug charges during a Tulsa church sermon.
- During a Sunday sermon, Darryl Strawberry thanked President Donald J. Trump for pardoning his past charges after a call on Nov. 6, and described the pardon as freeing.
- For years Strawberry struggled with legal and personal problems, including a 1995 guilty plea for tax evasion involving $350,000 and 11 months in Florida state prison for a 2002 probation violation.
- Now 63, Darryl Strawberry credits Christian faith for more than two decades of sobriety and travels about 260 to 270 days a year speaking about his conversion.
- More than 400 worshippers cheered earlier this month when Jackson Lahmeyer welcomed Strawberry, and Sheridan Church congregation and visitors said the comeback testimony inspired them.
- A few months ago, Jackson Lahmeyer said he discussed Strawberry with President Donald J. Trump at the White House meeting but they did not discuss a possible pardon.
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In latest dishing out of pardons, Trump keeps Gobble and Waddle off the menu
By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has leaned into his clemency powers during his second term, dishing out pardons to more than 1,000 January 6 US Capitol rioters, disgraced former Rep. George Santos, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani — and now: Gobble and Waddle. Justice was served at the White House on Tuesday as Trump pardoned a pair of turkeys for fowl reasons, participating in the 78th annual National Thanksgiving Turkey P…
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