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Trump pardons reality-show couple convicted of $56m fraud

1 week ago | afr.com | Ben Shpigel

May 29, 2025 – 4.13pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Washington | President Donald Trump on Wednesday (Thursday AEST) fully pardoned reality television stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, who were convicted three years ago of evading taxes and defrauding banks of about $US36 million ($56 million) to support their luxurious lifestyle.
Trump indultará a una pareja condenada por fraude millonario

1 week ago | infobae.com | Ben Shpigel

Amnesties, Commutations and PardonsUnited States Politics and GovernmentFrauds and SwindlingTax EvasionReality TelevisionTrump, Donald JChrisley, Todd (1969- )Chrisley, Julie (1973- )Atlanta (Ga)Chrisley Knows Best (TV Program)El perdón para Todd y Julie Chrisley, estrellas del programa de telerrealidad "Chrisley Knows Best", es el más reciente regalo del presidente a quienes llama víctimas del sistema judicial.
Trump indultar√° a una pareja condenada por fraude millonario

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Ben Shpigel

El perdón para Todd y Julie Chrisley, estrellas del programa de telerrealidad "Chrisley Knows Best", es el más reciente regalo del presidente a quienes llama víctimas del sistema judicial. El presidente Donald Trump indultará por completo a las estrellas de la telerrealidad Todd y Julie Chrisley, quienes fueron condenados hace tres años por evadir impuestos y estafar a los bancos por más de 30 millones de dólares para mantener su lujoso estilo de vida.
Trump to Pardon Todd and Julie Chrisley, Reality TV Stars Convicted of Fraud

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Ben Shpigel

The clemency for Todd and Julie Chrisley, the stars of "Chrisley Knows Best," is Mr. Trump's latest gift to people he call victims of a weaponized justice system. President Trump will fully pardon the reality television stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, who were convicted three years ago of evading taxes and defrauding banks of more than $30 million to support their luxurious lifestyle.
When Jimmy Carter Visited the South Bronx

Dec 29, 2024 | nytimes.com | Ben Shpigel

Not even nine months after taking office, Mr. Carter rewarded the state that had powered his presidential triumph, deviating from business at the United Nations to tour the South Bronx and draw attention to some of America's worst urban blight. "It was a very sobering trip for me to see the devastation that has taken place in the South Bronx in the last five years," Mr. Carter said after his trip. "But I'm encouraged in some ways by the strong effort of tenant groups to rebuild.
Noah Lyles gan√≥ el bronce en 200 metros. Luego revel√≥ que tiene coronavirus

Aug 9, 2024 | nytimes.com | Talya Minsberg |Ben Shpigel

[Estamos en WhatsApp. Empieza a seguirnos ahora] Ni bien había cruzado la línea de meta en los 200 metros planos el jueves por la noche, Noah Lyles parecía sin aliento. Tumbado de espaldas en la pista púrpura del Stade de France, tras terminar tercero en una carrera que había dominado durante los tres últimos años, tenía dificultades para respirar.
It took 14 years and 86 days to make an Olympic champion in skateboarding.

Aug 8, 2024 | vnexplorer.net | Ben Shpigel |Chang W. Lee

It took 14 years and 86 days to make an Olympic champion in skateboarding. By Ben Shpigel and Chang W. Lee The winner of the women’s park event on Tuesday has been skateboarding for about half of her life. So, not that long. Arisa Trew of Australia, who earned gold by navigating the contours of the tricky course faster and cleaner and more aggressively than the seven other finalists, is 14 years old. And 86 days.
Noah Lyles Wins Bronze in 200 Meters, Then Reveals He Has Covid

Aug 8, 2024 | nytimes.com | Talya Minsberg |Ben Shpigel

Almost as soon as he crossed the finish line in the 200-meter dash on Thursday night, Noah Lyles looked winded. He lay on his back on the purple track at Stade de France, after finishing third in a race he had dominated for the last three years, and struggled for breath. Four days after winning a gold medal in one of the most thrilling endings to an Olympic sprint, Lyles took the bronze in the 200 and considered it, he said afterward, a remarkable achievement.
It took 14 years and 86 days to make an Olympic champion in skateboarding.

Aug 7, 2024 | nytimes.com | Ben Shpigel |Chang W. Lee

The winner of the women's park event on Tuesday has been skateboarding for about half of her life. So, not that long. Arisa Trew of Australia, who earned gold by navigating the contours of the tricky course faster and cleaner and more aggressively than the seven other finalists, is 14 years old. And 86 days. Of the eight finalists on Tuesday, six were teenagers, but only one was younger than Trew, who, like many of her competitors, dispensed and received hugs after each 45-second run.
After a photo finish, Noah Lyles waits, and waits, and then claims the title of world’s fastest man.

Aug 6, 2024 | vnexplorer.net | Talya Minsberg |Ben Shpigel |Gabriela Bhaskar |Daniel Berehulak

After a photo finish, Noah Lyles waits, and waits, and then claims the title of world’s fastest man. By Talya Minsberg, Ben Shpigel, Gabriela Bhaskar and Daniel Berehulak The race to determine the fastest man in the world lasted fewer than 10 seconds. It took longer than that to determine the winner.

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