Erickson pardon from Trump wiped out $3 Million of restitution

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As shocking as the Paul Erickson pardon was, at South Dakota Public Broadcasting, Seth Tupper tonight has noted that Erickson doesn’t just get an early release, he has $3 million of court-ordered restitution to victims wiped away:

Experts say there’s likely no obligation for Erickson to even attempt to pay that money now. Neil Fulton, dean of the University of South Dakota School of Law, said it’s his understanding that in the case of a full and unconditional pardon like the one granted to Erickson, “restitution is wiped out.”

Joyce Vance, a former U.S. attorney in Alabama, also said it appears that the full and unconditional pardon relieves Erickson of the obligation to pay restitution.

“It’s a get-out-jail-free card and a bank-account-restoration card,” Vance said.

Go read the entire story here.

And the concept of it being wiped away is just offensive.

I do note Governor Noem’s office is making a point by expressly noting “She had nothing whatsoever to do with the Erickson pardon.”

7 thoughts on “Erickson pardon from Trump wiped out $3 Million of restitution”

  2. You always reserve your comments for after the game, I suppose, but JK was a real problem in the WH till the bitter end.

    He doesn’t like his father in law, I think .. built him up into a straw man, then lit him on fire (proverbially).

  4. If you look closely, the President focused exclusively on the Russian hoax, which didn’t pertain at all to Erickson’s bilking of so many investors. I think the White House just couldn’t see past this one topic, thus ignoring the $3million. You have to give him credit, Erickson did a good job of playing the Russian card here. As for Gov. Noem knowing beforehand….very hard to say with the Trump administration. You would think that the President would have given the Governor (and other Governor’s where a pardon involved one of their citizens) a heads up. Yet, we all know that President Trump marched to a different drummer.

    1. She did know. She just opted to stay out of it, neither supporting or opposing Trump’s move.

  5. Erickson is total scum. The fallout from the greatest witch hunt in political history continues.

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