TRUMP ISSUES PARDON TO FORMER REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN STEPHEN BUYER AFTER INSIDER TRADING CONVICTION. (PHOTO).

-
Image
Trump issues pardon to former Republican congressman Stephen Buyer after insider trading conviction    President Donald Trump has issued a full pardon to former Republican congressman Stephen Buyer, who served nearly two years in prison after being convicted of insider trading tied to post-congressional consulting work. Buyer was sentenced in 2023 to 22 months in prison for illegal stock trades made while working as a consultant and lobbyist. He was ordered to forfeit more than $350,000 in ill-gotten gains and pay a $10,000 fine. He was released from custody in 2025 after his conviction was upheld, with the Supreme Court declining to take up his appeal earlier this year. In issuing the pardon, Trump described Buyer’s service as a judge advocate general in the U.S. Army and his time in Congress as “distinguished and highly productive.” The pardon, dated Thursday and released by the White House on Friday, grants Buyer “a full, complete, and unconditional pardon.” Buyer has maint...
Post a Comment

TANZANIA PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES INQUIRY INTO ELECTION PROTEST KILLINGS. (PHOTO).

-


 Tanzania president announces inquiry into election protest killings


Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan told parliament on Friday that an inquiry commission was being formed to investigate the killings that occurred during the election which returned her to power, AFP reported.


Hassan also instructed the police and security forces to be lenient with young protesters who only "followed the crowd" after hundreds were arrested and charged with treason, which carries the death penalty.


"I am deeply saddened by the incident. I offer my condolences to all the families who lost their loved ones," she said in her inaugural speech to parliament following her re-election.


Hassan retained the presidency with 98 percent of the vote on October 29, according to the electoral commission.


The elections were marred with days of violent protests, with the opposition and rights groups claiming that hundreds of people were killed by security forces, amid a total internet blackout.


"The government has taken the step of forming an inquiry commission to investigate what happened," Hassan told parliament.


"I realise that many youths who were arrested and charged with treason did not know what they were doing.


"As the mother of this nation, I direct the law enforcement agencies, and especially the office of the director of police, to look at the level of offences committed by our youths. For those who seem to have followed the crowd and did not intend to commit a crime, let them erase their mistakes," she added.

Comments

Post a Comment