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Re:China sentences official to death for taking $325M in bribes by bryanlarsen on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @03:17PM (#48822344)
Counter-example: Sam-Bankman Fried. Biden's second biggest donor. Sentenced to 25 years in jail. Prosecuted even though it wasn't a clear cut case so there were excuses to hang a lack of prosecution on. No pardon.
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Re:China sentences official to death for taking $325M in bribes by vkou on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @03:28PM (#48822510)
The case was pretty clear-cut, and as for the pardon... He clearly didn't pay the right president, Trevor Milton got one right at the start of this presidency.
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Re:China sentences official to death for taking $325M in bribes by bryanlarsen on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @03:35PM (#48822615)
Exactly. Hopefully the contrast between the two presidencies weans people off the idea that "they're all corrupt" and "they're all liars". I'm not hopeful.
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Re:China sentences official to death for taking $325M in bribes by bryanlarsen on Thursday July 09, 2026 @02:10PM (#48850141)
The case was clear-cut, choosing to prosecute wasn't. Especially in hind-sight given FTX's holdings of Anthropic shares.
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