H/T to Rep. Mike Levin @RepMikeLevin on X
$2.5 million. That’s what a convicted fraudster told fellow inmates he’d arranged to pay to get out of prison early. Not through an appeal, not through a judge, but through a phone call to the president.
David Gentile defrauded 10,000 investors out of $1.6 billion and was sentenced to seven years. Less than two weeks later, Trump commuted his entire sentence. When federal prosecutors started investigating how that happened, a DOJ official called the U.S. Attorney running the case, and the investigation was shut down within months.
Not because they ran out of evidence. Because someone in Washington decided they shouldn’t keep looking.
$2.5 million. That’s what a convicted fraudster told fellow inmates he’d arranged to pay to get out of prison early. Not through an appeal, not through a judge, but through a phone call to the president.
David Gentile defrauded 10,000 investors out of $1.6 billion and was… pic.twitter.com/ldyelFnzUK
— Rep. Mike Levin (@RepMikeLevin) July 8, 2026