Trump Issues Pardon to Former
Jailed Sailor
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President Trump took compassion on a misguided former sailor by issuing a
pardon for a seemingly innocent violation of the law. The Washington Examiner
has the story:
President Trump issued the second pardon of his presidency Friday to former
Navy sailor Kristian Saucier, who learned the news while driving a garbage
truck, the only job he could find with a felony conviction. Saucier was
sentenced to a year in prison during the 2016 campaign for taking
pictures inside a nuclear submarine. Trump invoked his case repeatedly
on the campaign trail, saying he was 'ruined' for doing 'nothing' compared
to Hillary Clinton.
Saucier, now 31, was 22 years old when he took the cellphone photos
in 2009. He pleaded guilty to one count of unauthorized retention of
national defense information and his attorneys unsuccessfully requested
the 'Clinton deal,' meaning little if any punishment. The six photos found
on a cellphone Saucier discarded were deemed 'confidential,' the lowest
level of classification, even though some depicted the vessel’s nuclear
reactor. Clinton, by contrast, sent and received more highly classified
information on a private email server. In pleading guilty, Saucier admitted
to destroying evidence after being questioned.
. . .
Sadie Saucier said she notified her husband of the pardon via text
message as he drove his garbage truck through a mountainous area
with poor reception.'I just was able to say 'Hey' via a text message,
'You got a pardon.' All he said was, 'What!' with a big exclamation point,'
she said. "I am very grateful," Sadie Saucier said. 'It's going to be a huge
for our family. And a huge reality when probation calls and the ankle
monitor is taken off, that's going to be a big one.'
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