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Biden Commutes Sentence of Illinois Official Who Embezzled $53M from Small Town
« on: December 13, 2024, 03:33:36 pm »
Biden Commutes Sentence of Illinois Official Who Embezzled $53M from Small Town

Warner Todd Huston 13 Dec 2024

As part of his flood of pardons, President Joe Biden commuted the sentence of Illinois official Rita Crundwell, who was found guilty in 2013 of the worst embezzling of government funds in U.S. history.

Biden indulged the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history when on Thursday he issued 39 presidential pardons and commuted the sentences of an incredible 1,500 convicted felons, Crundwell among them, CBS News reported.

Crundwell was the comptroller for the town of Dixon, Illinois, famed as the boyhood home of Ronald Reagan. But investigators eventually discovered that for more than 20 years she had been funneling millions of dollars a year of city funding into her personal accounts to fund her luxurious lifestyle and businesses.

Crundwell was sentenced to 19 years in prison after Democrat town Mayor Jim Burke finally began to suspect something was amiss in the struggling town’s finances. Burke, who passed away in 2016, gave up his office in 2015 after Crundwell’s conviction. In addition, the entire city government was swept out of office and was reformed from a commission style of leadership to a managerial form.

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Re: Biden Commutes Sentence of Illinois Official Who Embezzled $53M from Small Town
« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2024, 03:34:54 pm »
Dixon the home of Ronald Reagan.....my son's in laws live there and this was a huge story when she embezzled this money.
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Re: Biden Commutes Sentence of Illinois Official Who Embezzled $53M from Small Town
« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2024, 03:54:02 pm »
You'd think Government officials committed of crimes would be the last people that should be pardoned.
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Re: Biden Commutes Sentence of Illinois Official Who Embezzled $53M from Small Town
« Reply #3 on: December 13, 2024, 10:46:06 pm »
Another Marc Rich pardon
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Re: Biden Commutes Sentence of Illinois Official Who Embezzled $53M from Small Town
« Reply #4 on: December 14, 2024, 12:08:37 am »
Did she pay back the $53 million?  Or does she now get to keep it?
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Re: Biden Commutes Sentence of Illinois Official Who Embezzled $53M from Small Town
« Reply #5 on: December 14, 2024, 08:40:43 pm »
Quote from: Hoodat on December 14, 2024, 12:08:37 am
Did she pay back the $53 million?  Or does she now get to keep it?
The Big Guy gets to keep the moolah, not the saps she stole from.
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Re: Biden Commutes Sentence of Illinois Official Who Embezzled $53M from Small Town
« Reply #6 on: December 15, 2024, 07:40:49 am »
Quote from: DefiantMassRINO on December 13, 2024, 03:54:02 pm
You'd think Government officials committed of crimes would be the last people that should be pardoned.
Violation of their oath of office, and a violation of the public trust.

Medieval punishments (public) come to mind...

But I wonder who the 'Big Guy's' 10% was filtered through.
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Re: Biden Commutes Sentence of Illinois Official Who Embezzled $53M from Small Town
« Reply #7 on: December 15, 2024, 07:53:57 am »
Quote from: mystery-ak on December 13, 2024, 03:34:54 pm
Dixon the home of Ronald Reagan.....my son's in laws live there and this was a huge story when she embezzled this money.

I’ve been to Dixon many times during my time living in Illinois. Nice town of hard-working folks. I can’t imagine commuting her sentence. I think Biden (besides being a corrupt SOB) has reached the point of, “What am I signing now, Radar?”
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Re: Biden Commutes Sentence of Illinois Official Who Embezzled $53M from Small Town
« Reply #8 on: December 17, 2024, 12:14:02 pm »
Quote from: Lando Lincoln on December 15, 2024, 07:53:57 am
I’ve been to Dixon many times during my time living in Illinois. Nice town of hard-working folks. I can’t imagine commuting her sentence. I think Biden (besides being a corrupt SOB) has reached the point of, “What am I signing now, Radar?”

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