Today Trump pardoned two people, and commuted the sentence of a third. I’m not going to mention their names because I’m too lazy to get their spelling right.

Now the reason for this rant is like with other things I have ranted about people are asking why Trump did it now which is an unusual time. Normally pardons are done at the end of a term or during a second term. Here’s my take. Trump is sending a message that if the swamp, including the swamp in the judiciary, want to play hardball against his team, he will pardon them.