Trump II & Gowdy's Enriching Round

Some people think the pardon of Tim Leiweke of Oak View Group should not have happened on a golf course as Trump II played a round with Leiweke's lawyer Trey Gowdy.  Others think it should not have happened at all.

Trump's golf partner was Rep. Trey Gowdy (Red Team) from South Carolina.  Gowdy entered politics in 2000 promising to be tough on crime. GoUpstate reported:

"He has an aggressive and successful prosecution record," said Spartanburg police Sgt. Richard Banks, a veteran officer who also serves as president of the Piedmont chapter of the Police Benevolence Association. "He is genuinely interested in bringing felons to justice, and he has built a lasting partnership with law enforcement throughout the Upstate."

Yes, Gowdy is a former prosecutor.   

"He is really head and shoulders above most people in terms of preparation and integrity," said Tony Duarte, a DEA agent who worked with Gowdy in prosecuting a number drug cases. "One of the things I like about him is that he means what he says.

Integrity, aggressive, brings felons to justice in partnership with law enforcement...

What did Oak View Group's Tim Leiweke do?

..the Defendant rigged a bidding process to benefit his own company and deprived a public university and taxpayers of the benefits of competitive bidding

He ripped off the University of Texas as it built a new basketball arena and was caught red handed.

His lawyer (Gowdy) once told a group of prosecutors:

It’s my job to signal to [my elected district attorney] that I’m going to judge you based on how you work for a blindfolded woman holding a set of scales. 

I want a justice system that is not only respected but worthy of respect.

Then don't get a pardon for your sleazy, rich, greedy client during a round of golf with a sleazy, rich, greedy Trump II.  There's no respect in that.  Winning for you and your client, but a huge loss for the U.S. Justice system.  

It's now "Just Us" rich, powerful guys watching each other's backs.  

Update:  The Department of "Just Us" website shows 89 clemency grants by Trump II as of 12-2-25.  He has golfed 79 days thus far.  That's a pardon ratio of 1.13 super rich creeps per round.  It would be far higher if the Jan 6th rioters were included but I doubt many of those people had the money to hire Trey Gowdy as their lawyer.  

Someone with integrity may wish to consider Jesse's words:

The disapproval ratings of the major Western leaders is almost shocking. This is the fashionable thing these days, to damn the public and do what they will. Their devotion to a new order of lawlessness and power is slowly consuming us.

Usurp, appropriate, subsume whatever Trump II wants in order to set up a perpetual, exponentially growing gravy train.