Fat Leonard pleads poverty, blaming lawyers, lobbyists — and Maduro
The defense contractor who bilked the U.S. Navy says he lacks funds to pay $30 million in restitution.
Fat Leonard says he’s running out of money — and can’t afford to pay back $30 million he still owes the U.S. government.
Leonard Glenn Francis, the 350-pound con man who masterminded the biggest corruption scandal in U.S. military history, is seeking a presidential pardon, The Washington Post reported Sunday in an exclusive interview that also revealed how he bamboozled U.S. authorities. He’s serving a 15-year sentence for bribery and fraud.
Francis signed a plea deal promising to pay $35 million in restitution for bilking the Navy as a defense contractor. He paid $5 million up front, but now says he can’t scrape together the rest because he has massive legal bills — and needs to hire lobbyists to plead for clemency from President Donald Trump.
Let’s be perfectly clear: There is no way in Hell that Fat Leonard deserves a pardon, clemency, or any leniency whatsoever ! And it’s appalling all the leniency this crook has received to date.
Fat Leonard says he’s running out of money — and can’t afford to pay back $30 million he still owes the U.S. government.
Leonard Glenn Francis, the 350-pound con man who masterminded the biggest corruption scandal in U.S. military history, is seeking a presidential pardon, The Washington Post reported Sunday in an exclusive interview that also revealed how he bamboozled U.S. authorities. He’s serving a 15-year sentence for bribery and fraud.
Francis signed a plea deal promising to pay $35 million in restitution for bilking the Navy as a defense contractor. He paid $5 million up front, but now says he can’t scrape together the rest because he has massive legal bills — and needs to hire lobbyists to plead for clemency from President Donald Trump.
Let’s be perfectly clear: There is no way in Hell that Fat Leonard deserves a pardon, clemency, or any leniency whatsoever ! And it’s appalling all the leniency this crook has received to date.
