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Crooks rake in 'massive wealth' as as crime victims suffer under Trump: Investigation

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President Donald Trump is draining crime victims's wallets while his allies get richer, according to a new report. Trump's pardons have robbed $1.7 billion from federal crime victims in restitution funds, according to a House Judiciary Committee report uncovered by journalist Scott MacFarlane . "Trump’s 'get out of jail free' cards for convicted crooks are actually costing crime victims a fortune," MacFarlane wrote. "Trump’s pardons have triggered a historic and 'massive redistribution of wealth in favor of convicted criminals.'" Trump now stands accused of demolishing the pardon system as deep-pocketed convicts lobbied him through well-paid allies of the president and his lawyers, according to the report. Just last month, Trump pardoned Republican megadonor Adam Kidan , who pleaded guilty in the lobbyist Jack Abramoff conspiracy case, after making a $2,600 contribution to a Republican's campaign PAC. The Judiciary Committee Democrats argued such pardons for dozens of convicted fraudst