Trump Was Persuaded Into Pardoning Golf Partner’s Client over 18 Holes: Report

How Trump’s golf habit set the stage for 'bizarre' new pardon

President Donald Trump's most recent "bizarre" pardon seems to have been negotiated in part thanks to his frequent golf habit, according to an analysis from MS NOW.Trump is no stranger to controversial pardons, often appearing to hand them out to loyalists or those convicted of crimes he looks favorably upon. Even so, some of his more recent pardons have managed to turn heads, including those of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, …

Trump was persuaded into pardoning golf partner’s client over 18 holes: Report

Gowdy told the WSJ that following a round of golf with Trump at Mar-a-Lago on November 16, the president asked if he needed anything, prompting talks of Leiweke pardons

Trump swayed over ‘round of golf’ to pardon indicted entertainment titan: report

President Donald Trump's decision to pardon entertainment titan Tim Leiweke this week may have been sparked by a recent “round of golf” with Leiweke’s attorney, who reportedly brought up his client’s case to the president between swings, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.Leiweke was indicted...

Trump, 79, Swayed Into Issuing a Pardon By Golf Buddy

Eighteen holes were all it took for President Trump to break with his Justice Department’s pursuit of fair prices for live event ticket purchasers. Former prosecutor and GOP Rep. Trey Gowdy, after playing a round of golf with Trump on November 16, brought up a client of his that he claimed was being unfairly treated, according to sources of The Wall Street Journal. Three weeks after that round of golf at Mar-a-Lago, Trump, 79, granted a pardon t…

Suck-Up Golf Buddy Gets Trump, 79, to Pardon His Client

The president trusted a golfing buddy over his own Justice Department.