IF TELLING THE TRUTH SOUNDS LIKE CNN, THEN WE’RE IN DEEP TROUBLE
December 2025
Absolutely disgusting. That’s the only way to describe what I’m watching unfold right now.
I won’t even attempt to cover the full wave of pardons being issued — that alone would take pages. But I want to focus on one that crosses a line so clearly that it should disturb anyone with a conscience, regardless of political affiliation.
Last week, I was on a radio program that strongly supports Donald Trump. The topic was the recent pardons. I criticized them — openly, forcefully, without hesitation. Within minutes, the host told me that the listeners were furious. They said I “sounded like CNN,” that I “sounded like MSNBC,” and demanded to know how I could possibly attack the president like this.
So let me ask a simple question:
If a CNN anchor says that two plus two equals four… does that suddenly make the math wrong?
I don’t care who reports the truth. I care whether it is the truth. And here is the truth.
For over 25 years, I’ve built my career exposing financial fraud — from boiler-room penny stock scams to massive Wall Street deception. I have gone after some of the biggest firms and the ugliest con artists in modern finance. I’ve warned people before the collapse. I’ve testified. I’ve written. I’ve broadcasted. I’ve fought for victims who had no voices.
Very few people have covered this terrain more than I have.
And now, the man I voted for just commuted the sentence — and erased the fines and restitution — of a private equity executive behind a $1.5 billion Ponzi scheme.
Not reduced.
Not forgiven.
Wiped clean partially.
This man served days behind bars for destroying thousands of lives — and now gets to keep what he stole.
And I’m supposed to stay quiet because of party loyalty? No. Absolutely not.
Let me tell you who actually paid the price for this decision. These are not political abstractions. These are real human beings. These are their words:
“I lost my whole life savings. The money was meant for medical bills and essential home repairs. I was forced to take out a 10% home equity loan. I am now living check to check.”
“We are seniors in our 80s. We now carry over $100,000 in credit card debt just to stay in our home while caring for our handicapped son.”
“I am 74 and unable to retire. My wife has cancer. My daughter has cerebral palsy. We lost over half of our net worth.”
“My parents saved their entire lives to afford care in old age. That money is now gone. My stepmother is 91 with advanced dementia. I don’t know how long we can afford her care.”
“I was diagnosed with acute leukemia. These funds were meant for treatment. We are now drowning financially while battling cancer.”
That is who the pardon protected.
Not workers.
Not retirees.
Not families.
Not the victims.
It protected the criminal. And for anyone upset that I’m saying this out loud — let me be very clear:
You do not get to brand yourself as “tough on crime” while cheering for the release of a billion-dollar financial predator. You do not get to claim moral authority while excusing the annihilation of ordinary people’s lives.
You do not get to silence the truth by screaming “CNN” whenever facts make you uncomfortable.
This is not left vs. right.
This is wrong vs. unforgivable.
I voted for Donald Trump. I have supported many of his policies. But no politician gets lifetime immunity from accountability — not from me, not from the truth, and not from history.
If exposing billion-dollar fraud now makes me sound like the “other side,” then maybe the sides don’t mean what people think they mean anymore.
So, I’ll end with this simple question for anyone defending this:
What possible justification exists for wiping out accountability in a $1.5 billion Ponzi scheme — while senior citizens sell their belongings to survive?
Because I’ve searched for one. And I can’t find it.
