Pardoning the swamp, not draining it
Trump does not always need Barr. When he can manipulate justice alone, he does, as he showed last week when he issued 11 pardons and commutations. Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, convicted of trying to sell Barack Obama’s Senate seat, was immediately released from prison. Trump also pardoned one of Rudy Giuliani’s former business partners, whose family happened to donate $85,000 to a Trump Victory fund and $150,000 to the Republican National Committee.
Every person reading this should be angry that you'd still be sitting in prison if you committed the same crimes as the people Trump pardoned. That’s because Trump has created a separate system of justice for his friends, political allies and wealthy donors. Trump didn’t drain the swamp; he pardoned it.
