Does Trump's call for the death penalty include his former pilot?

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

Tough guy Trump is out there calling for the death penalty today. Brings back memories of the "mass merchants of death" proclamations of the 90's from Bush the elder. If you've read any of David Cay Johnston's books about Trump you've seen him mention cocaine dealer Joseph Weichselbaum, Trump's helicopter pilot.

What made this drug dealer a "credit to his community"? How did this drug dealer's case get transferred from Ohio to NJ and then assigned to Trump's sister the judge? Coincidence? Here are two articles to puruse on a day when Trump goes on the blood lusting warpath when it comes to drug dealers. This isn't meant to defend drug dealers, just point out Trump's hypocrisy and the mysterious circumstances surrounding his close relationship with a coke dealer.

Meet the Convicted Cocaine Trafficker Donald Trump Called a 'Credit to the Community'
In October 1985, Joseph Weichselbaum, the general manager of the helicopter service that shuttled VIPs to and from Trump’s Atlantic City casinos, was named in an 18-count indictment accusing him of being a marijuana and cocaine trafficker. Convicted of grand larceny and embezzlement in the ‘70s, Weichselbaum, prosecutors stated, “was a felon even before becoming a drug dealer.” (According to Spy magazine, Weichselbaum’s firm also maintained, stored, and flew Trump’s personal helicopter, Ivana.)

The 1985 indictment alleged that Weichselbaum ran his narcotics operation from Miami, where he would buy kilos of cocaine from two Colombian brothers, Francisco and Walter Ramirez, which he would then sell to smaller dealers in the parking lot of a car dealership owned by his younger brother. The customers would then distribute the drugs in Ohio, Kentucky, and North Carolina, prosecutors alleged.

https://theslot.jezebel.com/meet-the-convicted-cocaine-trafficker-donald-trump-call-1787180877

Trump Vouched For Cocaine Trafficker
In advance of Joseph Weichselbaum’s November 1987 sentencing by a U.S. District Court judge, Trump wrote that the drug trafficker was “conscientious, forthright, and diligent" and "a credit to the community.”

At the time Trump wrote his character reference letter, Weichselbaum, then in his mid-40s, was already a twice-convicted felon. In addition to his 1986 plea to federal cocaine distribution and income tax charges, Weichselbaum’s rap sheet included prior convictions for grand theft auto and the embezzlement of more than $130,000 from a Brooklyn manufacturing firm where he worked for a decade.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/celebrity/the-donald-and-the-dealer-173892

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

1. Nothing Shady Here.....

avert your eyes. What a shock, Trump is a hypocrite. I've seen Johnston talk about this. There is really no good explanation about his relationship with this guy. Although, I'm sure there's an explanation.

Trump's Sister, The Judge: A Life Vastly Different, But Often Intertwined

According to court documents, state records and published reports from the the 1980s and 90s, Donald Trump's friend and business associate, Joey Weichselbaum, was arrested for trafficking drugs. Weichselbaum lived in one of Trump’s buildings, paying rent partially in cash and partially through services provided by Weichselbaum's helicopter company. The company ferried high rollers to Trump casinos.

After Weichselbaum was convicted, Trump wrote a letter to the court seeking a lenient sentence -- a fact which he later couldn't recall, according to a 1992 investigative report from the Casino Control Commission. The letter was first revealed in Barrett's book, "Trump: The Deals and the Downfall," and is believed to be the only time Trump wrote such a letter.

But there was something else unusual about this incident. After the conviction but before the sentencing, the matter was moved from an Ohio court to none other than Trump Barry's courtroom in Newark.

"In my career I don’t recall having any cases other than that one which would have been transferred from one district to another," said IRS agent Leo Rolfes.

Both he and the case’s prosecutor, Anne Marie Tracey, told WNYC that this change in venues was unprecedented and unexplained. "I've never had this happen before," said Tracey, who has 40 years of experience as a lawyer, prosecutor and judge. "It is an anomaly."

https://www.wnyc.org/story/trumps-sister-judge-life-vastly-different-often-intertwined/

[Brother Buzz]

2. There's a ton of wiggle room here: The orange anus' plan includes the death penalty opioid dealers

I'm just saying.