Pablo Torre

real-life get-out-of-jail-free card for those desperate to go from hell to heaven, which has helpfully been commodified more than ever before.

The themes of mercy and salvation.

Clemency.

Clemency.

I've been thinking about this stuff because last June, I had a fascinating in-person conversation with a source.

An attorney I already knew through his work on various sports investigations.

And this attorney told me very casually that he had also been working with Trump World on pardon applications.

Interesting.

I should admit that you're not the first choice guest we have here today.

Yeah.

I mean, I just, again, transparency is also a virtue.

But if you were wondering why our honored guest, Brace Belden, has returned to our studio without his true and non-co-host, Liz Franczak, his fellow Epstein expert, who also tends to make up for Brace's profound lack of sports knowledge, Liz is herself much like a Christian miracle with child.

Which means that Brace, who often journeys through MAGA's social network, their rallies, their art shows, in person himself, will be calling upon his own research and experience in this episode.

Although we should pause to acknowledge here that a president using the power of the pardon for personal reasons, as opposed to, you know, the public interest, did not start with Donald Trump.

I wanted Hunter here.

That's who the first choice was.

Hunter Biden was unfortunately not available.

Not with that attitude.

But Donald Trump, the thing that makes him unique, I think, is that he is addicted to pardoning people.

Yes.