Joe Biden’s political career is quickly coming to a conclusion.
He doesn’t have to worry about the consequences of his actions.
And Joe Biden pardoned a crooked Democrat who was convicted of one sick crime.
Jon Biden commutes the sentence of a corrupt Cleveland Democrat
President Joe Biden’s sweeping pardon of his son Hunter Biden was his first in office.
Biden is determined to go out with a bang.
He commuted the sentence of 1,500 people and pardoned 39 more to set the record for the biggest single day of clemency in Presidential history.
“America was built on the promise of possibility and second chances,” Biden said in a statement. “As President, I have the great privilege of extending mercy to people who have demonstrated remorse and rehabilitation, restoring opportunity for Americans to participate in daily life and contribute to their communities, and taking steps to remove sentencing disparities for non-violent offenders, especially those convicted of drug offenses.”
Clemency is an act of pardon that wipes away the punishment but keeps the criminal conviction in place.
One of the individuals granted clemency so he could contribute to his community was former Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora.
Dimora was the head of the Cuyahoga Democrat Party for nearly 15 years while he served as a county commissioner.
He was sentenced to 28 years in federal prison after he was convicted of racketeering, bribery, conspiracy, Hobbs Act conspiracy, tax charges, and other crimes.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio charged that Dimora took “more than $166,000 worth of bribes in the form of cash, home improvements, lavish meals at high-end restaurants, services from prostitutes, gambling trips to Las Vegas and Canada, and other items.”
Dimora used his position on the Cuyahoga County Commission to steer contracts to political allies, get jobs and raises for his allies, intervene with judges in pending cases, and steer grants to people who bribed him among other acts of corruption.
Corrupt Democrat boss is a free man
Dimora sought a pardon from former President Barack Obama but his request fell on deaf ears.
He was released from prison under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and was scheduled to be under house arrest until 2030.
More than 50 people including several prominent local Democrats in Cleveland were convicted in the wide-ranging corruption investigation.
It was one of the biggest corruption cases in Ohio history.
Dimora and Cuyahoga County Auditor Frank Russo used their positions to run a pay-for-play scheme in Cleveland for more than a decade.
The corruption scandal resulted in the county changing its form of government from three county commissioners to a county executive and a council.
Dimora claimed that every action he took was for the benefit of the taxpayers of Cuyahoga County.
“I’m happy for him,” Dimora’s attorney Phil Kushner said. “He’s a free man now.”
The 69-year-old avoided the last six years of his sentence courtesy of Biden after he ripped off taxpayers to line his pockets.
Dimora helped deliver Ohio to Obama and he got one final thank you from the Democrat Party.