Liz Oyer

She formally began her work for that company, which no one knows what they do, on January 1st, and just weeks later, wouldn't you know it, Trump granted Herrera a full and unconditional pardon In a statement to the Times, Habba denied any role in the pardon, saying, quote, "Any insinuation that my employment, all of which has been vetted and disclosed to the DOJ, had anything to do with securing a pardon is false." But man, that sequence of events sure is freaking interesting, isn't it? Crazy insane too, all of it.

Joining me now is Liz Oyer, former pardon attorney for the Department of Justice.

Thank you so much for being here.

This story just broke.

So I don't think they're necessarily in the clear, but certainly they are counting on pardons.

Oof.

Thank God you were here to help us explain all of this, um, Liz Oyer, @lawyeroyer, a must follow.

Um, thank you so much for being here with us.

There is a pay-for-play pardon economy happening in America where if you are a white-collar criminal, if you committed tax fraud or money laundering or stock market manipulation or falsifying business records, any of these things, Donald Trump will pardon you as long as you give him money.

Let's start off with this video right here from Liz Oyer, a lawyer who used to be the pardon attorney in the Department of Justice.

She made a very, very amazing video breaking this down.

Credit to her.

He's using it as a front to accept cash payments in exchange for political favors.

Please watch and please share.

I'm Liz Oyer, the former pardon attorney for the Department of Justice.

The Washington Post just published a list of 57 donors who each contributed $100,000 or more to Trump's ballroom, which, by the way...

And one strange thing is that in America, there's a government person, a very senior person who's called the pardon attorney, who is responsible for doing the president's bidding for giving people pardons.

And previously it was a woman and Liz Oyer.

She refused to give.

Who was the fellow who shot? I think it was the actor who shot the camera woman.

Uh, so we've got, uh, I'm gonna throw it to none other than...

Do you know who this is? Liz Oyer.

Liz Oyer.

I think I've heard, uh, of her a few times.

I think I've seen a few clips of her being out there.

Also joining us, Puck News senior political columnist and national affairs analyst Jon Helman is here.

And with me for the hour, the former Department of Justice pardon attorney, our friend Liz Oyher, is here.

She's now the host of the podcast called Is This Really Legal? Um, the answer is almost always no, right, Liz? Uh, let me ask you this.

Is this, is this legal for three people to pour in more money to midterm elections than, than I think we've ever seen before?

I think this is one of those areas, Nicolle, where our laws just cannot keep up with the flow of money.

Would she stay in the cabinet? Some form, but maybe a more pleasant form.

[laughs] Maybe the White House Counsel's Office.

Liz, I don't even know what to say, so I'll let you talk.

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[instrumental music] All right, friends, welcome.

As you can see, we have our friend Liz Oyer with us.

As you well know, Liz is the former pardon attorney for the Department of Justice.