Comment by hereme888

2 hours ago

So our obsession with jail is nuts, because... you lean towards no one willfully signed off on a lie, in a company with a history like Meta/Facebook, in a $25B fine?

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Maarten88  2 hours ago

Full presidential pardons go for just a couple of million, a rounding error on that fine. Invoking social media and complaining about a democrat judge or deep state conspiracy and forking over the money using the right attorneys is all it takes. Nobody with that kind of resources will go to jail.

  • throwaway81523  2 hours ago

    I'm sure the crime reached into all 50 states. Maybe they should be tried and sentenced in all of them, so avoiding jail would need 51 pardons instead of just one.

    • infinite_spin  1 hour ago

      I just want to note that the president can give pardons for federal crimes, but not for state level crimes.