Anderson Cooper talked last night about the woman who got not one, but two pardons from Trumpy Bear.
“Among them, someone who already got clemency in the president’s first term back in 2019. Adriana Camberos was sentenced to 26 months in prison after being convicted in a scheme to sell fake five hour energy drinks. President Trump commuted that sentence in early 2021. Then in 2024, she was convicted again along with her brother, in connection with a new fraud involving the illegal resale of wholesale goods in a scheme the FBI said netted them millions,” he said.
Both Barros and her brother were found guilty on eight counts and she was sentenced to more than a year in prison. But once again, she got a “Get Out Of Jail Free” card from Trump.
Jeff Toobin just published a book about pardons, and told Cooper it was impossible to challenge a presidential pardon.
“It’s one of the few absolute powers in the constitution. It can’t be challenged in court. It can’t be challenged in congress. If a president wants to pardon someone, he can just do it. And and that’s the end of the story,” he said.
“I think what’s what’s worth noting about this crazy second pardon is that it was a case brought by the Justice Department during the Biden years. and one way to get a pardon, it seems clear because the president has granted so many of these in his first year of his second term is to say, well, this was the Biden Justice Department, and it was unfair.
