these are people being prosecuted for the same kind of crimes that the trump circle is facing. there are people the president knows personally and people that are prosecuted by people the president doesn t like, his enemies, comey, fitzgerald. the question is is it illegal the sending of the message? i don t think we re there yet. jason, is a message being sent? no. i think that s silly. jack johnson has been dead for 70 year. he s an out liar. look at martha stewart who served her time and done with that. trying to say it s sending a message to trump associates is silly. every president pardons people. some of their supporters say great.