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My guest for this article. In the world of journalism, I know few that are more diligent than investigative reporter Hollie McKay.
By Hollie S. McKay
It is the stuff of a thriller novel: China’s wealthiest and one of its most famous of faces disappears for months on-end, weeks after subtly criticizing the country’s communist party (CCP) and being summoned for a government “meeting.” He fails to show up for a designated taping of the TV program he created, “Africa’s Business Heroes,” and all word on his whereabouts goes dark.
Rumors run rampant that the illustrious tycoon is rotting away in a maximum-security jail cell at worst, or at best under lock-and-key in gilded house arrest for his slightly unflattering depiction of Beijing’s governance. If he was lucky, he might have fled to Singapore or Thailand.
Andy McCarthy weighs in on President Trump commuting Roger Stone s sentence and how it compares to other presidential pardons
In the days leading up to Christmas, President Trump granted a spurt of 49 pardons and commutations – adding to the dozens he has issued throughout his one-term presidency.
While many critics expressed outrage at his pardoning decisions, the custom – as outlined in the Constitution and unique to the commander in chief – has long drawn staunch condemnation. Presidents have often made controversial clemency decisions for what they believed were the right reasons, Spencer Critchley, Democratic communications consultant and author of Patriots of Two Nations: Why Trump Was Inevitable & What Happens Next, told Fox News. Clemency is supposed to be granted only when the scales of justice are out of balance.