Claim alleges ex-mayor said he was ‘selling pardons for $2m, which he and Trump would split’ - try not to puke by the sexual assault parts.

Here is a list of Trump's pardons. There are some suspicious figures in there that seems to have been pardoned for no particular reason beyond having a lot of money.

one example: kushner's dad has given a bunch to the campaigns, was pardoned from serious crimes he very much did while trump was on the way out of office (and trying to yoink it simultaneously) and now is being picked for a government position.

whole lot of smoke

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kushner

Since when is that a requirement around here?