{"id":53861,"date":"2020-08-26T02:40:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T23:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/trump-pardons-bank-robber-jon-ponder-before-his-rnc-2020-speech\/"},"modified":"2020-08-26T02:40:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T23:40:00","slug":"trump-pardons-bank-robber-jon-ponder-before-his-rnc-2020-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/trump-pardons-bank-robber-jon-ponder-before-his-rnc-2020-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"#Trump pardons bank robber Jon Ponder before his RNC 2020 speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Trump pardons bank robber Jon Ponder before his RNC 2020 speech<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-wrapper\" role=\"main\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>        August 25, 2020 <span>|<\/span> 7:40pm           <\/p>\n<div>\n                        President Trump on Tuesday pardoned bank robber Jon Ponder ahead of the reformed three-time felon\u2019s speech at the Republican National Convention.<\/p>\n<p>Ponder, now a born-again prisoner rehabilitation expert, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared in a video from the White House Tuesday with Trump and Richard Beasley, the FBI agent who arrested him. He and Beasley are now best friends.<\/p>\n<p>The video was posted on the White House <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> page ahead of Ponder\u2019s speech at the mostly virtual RNC and highlights Trump\u2019s support for criminal justice reform and also for law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJon\u2019s life is a beautiful testament to the power of redemption,\u201d Trump says in the video.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe that each person is made by God for a purpose. I will continue to give all Americans, including former inmates, the best chance to build a new life and achieve their own American dream and a great American dream it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump recounted Ponder embracing Christianity after he listened to religious radio programs.<\/p>\n<p><span><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X7icpKAqWfg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent\" title=\"Video\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ponder, founder and CEO of HOPE for Prisoners, Inc., now helps other former prisoners rejoin society. Trump spoke at the group\u2019s \u201cgraduation ceremony\u201d in February.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I met Jon 15 years ago, he was angry, scared, frustrated and anxious about his future,\u201d Beasley says in the video.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the drive to prison, I stopped at a convenience store and bought Jon a coffee and a doughnut. After he was sentenced, Jon sent me a necktie and a note, thanking me for treating him like a gentleman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former FBI agent says many law enforcement officers now volunteer with Ponder\u2019s prisoner reentry group.<\/p>\n<p>Trump advisers, and even some opponents, say he could boost support among minorities by talking about\u00a0<span>criminal<\/span>\u00a0<span>justice<\/span>\u00a0<span>reform<\/span>, including his role in passing the 2018 First Step Act, which implemented various prison reforms and sentencing reductions and expanded compassionate release.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, by contrast, authored a 1994 crime law credited with contributing to \u201cmass-incarceration.\u201d His running mate Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) oversaw\u00a01,900 convictions for marijuana alone\u00a0as San Francisco district attorney.<\/p>\n<p>Trump faces a delicate balancing act pumping <span>criminal<\/span>\u00a0<span>justice<\/span>\u00a0<span>reform<\/span>\u00a0while also pushing a \u201claw and order\u201d message, specifically in regard to recent violent protests following the Minnesota police killing of George Floyd in May.<\/p>\n<p>In the video, Beasley says he appreciates Trump\u2019s support for law enforcement, but also his support for giving people second chances.\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">General category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>if you want to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch Movies<\/a> or Tv Shows go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/dizi.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dizi.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a> <\/span> for forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/08\/25\/trump-pardons-bank-robber-jon-ponder-before-his-rnc-2020-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#Trump pardons bank robber Jon Ponder before his RNC 2020 speech&#8221; August 25, 2020 | 7:40pm President Trump on Tuesday pardoned bank robber Jon Ponder ahead of the reformed three-time felon\u2019s speech at the Republican National Convention. Ponder, now a born-again prisoner rehabilitation expert, appeared in a video from the White House Tuesday with Trump&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[58666],"class_list":["post-53861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-trump-pardons-bank-robber-jon-ponder-before-his-rnc-2020-speech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}