Joseph Schwartz

Judge Orders Nursing Home Owner, Pardoned by Trump, to Report to Prison

Judge won’t delay order that nursing home owner pardoned by Trump report to Arkansas prison. So, the deal is, this nursing home owner, a guy named Schwartz, got a pardon from Trump, but the state of Arkansas still wants him to serve time in prison. The judge isn’t backing down, and the order stands: Schwartz has to report. Now, the main sticking point seems to be Schwartz’s kosher diet. He says he needs to stick to it, and his lawyers asked for a delay.

Judge won’t delay order that nursing home owner pardoned by Trump report to Arkansas prison. The judge, however, said the state’s given info that the prison has a kosher kitchen.… Continue reading

Trump Pardons Nursing Home Scoundrel Who Cheated Arkansans

President Donald Trump recently pardoned Joseph Schwartz, the operator of a multi-state nursing home chain who was convicted of a $38 million employment tax fraud scheme. Despite being sentenced to 36 months in prison and ordered to pay fines and restitution, Schwartz will now be freed after serving only three months. Schwartz’s actions involved running several Arkansas nursing homes into the ground, resulting in poor care for vulnerable residents and state takeovers of two homes. This pardon has drawn criticism, particularly from Arkansas officials like Attorney General Tim Griffin, who previously condemned Schwartz’s exploitation of Arkansans and Medicaid fraud.

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