Link , Link , Link , [This was hardly the result that Paul E. Pelletier anticipated when he and a group of different high Justice Division prosecutors and federal investigators got down to expose what Mr. Esformes and Ms. Negron had carried out. After years of painstaking work and tens of millions of {dollars} spent to research and prosecute the instances, the remainders of the sentences being served by the 2 convicted felons — individuals in a sort of fraud that prices taxpayers billions of {dollars} — had been wiped away by the stroke of a presidential pen. In explaining his choices, Mr. Trump mentioned that Ms. Negron was a “spouse and mom” and had devoted her time in jail to “enhancing her life and the lives of her fellow inmates.” Mr. Esformes, he mentioned, spent his time in jail “dedicated to prayer and repentance and is in declining well being,” and that others had raised claims of misconduct by prosecutors in his case. The presidential rationales didn’t maintain a lot weight with those that had sought to carry Mr. Esformes and Ms. Negron accountable. “It’s an unbelievable kick within the tooth to the brokers and prosecutors who toil away each day beneath very tough circumstances to realize justice and a few restitution to the taxpayers from the billions of {dollars} that has actually been stolen from them,” Mr. Pelletier mentioned.]