Convicted newspaper baron Conrad Black leaves the federal building in Chicago Monday, Dec. 10, 2007, after sentencing in his racketeering and fraud trial. The former media baron told The Canadian Press in an interview that the pardon, issued by his long-time friend and one-time business associate, amounts to complete exoneration.
Eric Sussman, the former U.S. prosecutor who led the criminal trial against Mr. Black, said he is not surprised that the President granted executive clemency."Getting a pardon in the United States these days simply means you are a celebrity with access to the President,” he told The Globe and Mail in an e-mail. “Lying and obstructing justice are celebrated, not punished in this administration.
Mr. Black responded to Mr. Sussman’s characterization in an e-mail to The Globe: “There was no finding of lying and the theft was the receipt of $285K that was approved by the independent directors and published in the company’s filings." More than a decade ago, Mr. Black and other former Hollinger executives were accused by U.S. authorities of diverting millions of dollars from the company through non-compete agreements and bonus compensation. Mr. Black was found guilty in 2007 on three counts of fraud and one count of obstruction. Two fraud charges were later overturned on appeal.
globebusiness Came for peoples salty tears 😭. They sustain me.
globebusiness Quit giving this egotistical narcissist media time. You feed right into his pompous agenda.
globebusiness Paid to support Trump and be his buddy.
globebusiness Conrad Black, like another CDN criminal, Brian Mulroney, will be long dead before his misdeeds are forgotten. A sad day, indeed, when a sycophantic fraudster gets out of jail for flattering the human Cheeto.
globebusiness Black is just blowing smoke up his own ass. He’s a crook who got caught. Period.
globebusiness How is it vindication?
globebusiness A pardon doesn’t mean you didn’t do the crime. He’s a disgraceful stain on Canada
globebusiness Why is the Globe dignifying this disgrace with attention?
globebusiness National disgrace
globebusiness He wouldn't have been charged in Canada, it's not against the law here.
globebusiness Black added that his lipstick is all over Trump's ass.
globebusiness Black is right: the law doesn't apply to rich criminals like him and Trump,
globebusiness Simply a quid pro quo.
globebusiness Oh? Vindication? Guess he's not aware that accepting a pardon is considered an admission of guilt.
globebusiness if he was insufferable before...
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