President Donald Trump pardons convicted bank robber Jon Ponder

Описание: President Donald Trump pardons felon Jon Ponder, who, after he was released from prison, formed an organization to help recently-released prisoners re-enter society. With Richard Beasley, the former FBI agent who arrested him.

Trump pardoned Jon Ponder, an ex-convict and current founder of Hope for Prisoners, a nonprofit that works to help transition prisoners back into society upon their release.

Touting the pardon during the Republican convention raised questions about the politicization of the president’s clemency powers.

Trump has previously hosted Ponder at the White House, and earlier this year hinted that he was considering clemency. “We are giving him absolute consideration, and I have a feeling he’s going to get that full pardon,” Trump said of Ponder in February.

Ponder had reportedly been arrested as a teenager for armed robbery and had later been incarcerated for other crimes including assault.

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