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by dbspin 510 days ago
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haswell 510 days ago
What are you suggesting here? That the earlier bitcoin seizure somehow led to this pardon? I’m not following.
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dbspin 509 days ago
No you're right. I'm sure Trump released him as a deeply principled and selfless act.
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haswell 509 days ago
I’m not suggesting that. I’m trying to understand what benefit you believe Trump received out of this whole scenario, and specifically how the handling of the bitcoin played a role.
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jdhzzz 510 days ago
Well an upper bound anyway. Maybe, "The Art of the Deal" could have gotten it a lot closer to $1.2 B.
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