Headline: New York Times, 11/29/2025
Kenneth P. Vogel reports:
President Trump has set free a private equity executive who had served less than two weeks of a seven-year sentence for his role in what prosecutors described as a $1.6 billion scheme that defrauded thousands of victims. [emphasis added]
David Gentile, 59, a onetime resident of Nassau County, N.Y., had reported to prison on Nov. 14, and was released on Wednesday, according to Bureau of Prisons records and a White House official who was not authorized to discuss the matter.
Mr. Gentile and a co-defendant, Jeffry Schneider, were convicted in August 2024 of securities and wire fraud charges, and sentenced in May. Unlike a pardon, the commutation granted to Mr. Gentile will not erase his conviction.
Mr. Schneider, who was sentenced to six years, does not appear to have received clemency from Mr. Trump. In a social media post on Thanksgiving,\
Alice Marie Johnson, Mr. Trump’s “pardon czar,” said she was “deeply grateful to see David Gentile heading home to his young children.”
Gee, Alice, I wonder how Gentile's 1000s of victims feel.
Vogel also notes that...
It was not immediately clear whether Mr. Gentile had connections to Mr. Trump or to the president’s supporters.Considering the fact that Mr. Gentile was set free and his partner in crime Mr. Schneider was not, I'd say reporters have lots more digging to do.
Other company Trump keeps:
2024
Demented Don and the Black Nazi. (9/21)
Loopy Laura Loomer. (9/14)
