"President Donald Trump issued a pardon Tuesday for Oak View Group co-founder Tim Leiweke, roughly five months after the administration's Department of Justice indicted the Climate Pledge Arena developer on bid-rigging charges.A federal grand jury indicted Leiweke in early July after the DOJ alleged he had conspired with a competitor's CEO to rig the bidding process to develop and manage the Moody Center at the University of Texas at Austin."
"If you're keeping score at home, Trump just pardoned somebody his own Justice Department investigated and indicted less than five months ago. I'm sure the prosecutors who worked long hours are thrilled by this decision. It might even test the sycophantic reflexes of Attorney General Pam Bondi, who has to know by now that everything about this administration is transactional, that every official government duty is fungible. This whole administration is about haggling over the price."
President Donald Trump granted a pardon to Oak View Group co-founder Tim Leiweke about five months after the Department of Justice indicted him on bid‑rigging charges. The DOJ alleged that Leiweke conspired with a competitor's CEO to rig the bidding to develop and manage the Moody Center at the University of Texas at Austin. The indictment accused him of depriving a public university and taxpayers of the benefits of competitive bidding. The pardon of a recently indicted individual drew criticism for appearing to undermine prosecutorial efforts and prompted concerns about transactional decision‑making and the fungibility of official duties within the administration.
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