Why would Trump pardon this POS?

[noumoe]

This truly confuses me…

President Trump Pardoned Nursing Home Owner Joseph Schwartz who was Tied to COVID Bodies Stacked in Makeshift Freezers – Today, Families are Still Owed Millions in Wrongful Death Judgments

Why would Trump pardon this POS?

- President Trump issued a full and unconditional pardon to Joseph Schwartz, the former owner of the Skyline Healthcare nursing home chain, wiping out his federal conviction and any remaining restitution obligations.

- Schwartz pleaded guilty to a 38–39 million federal employment tax fraud scheme. He withheld payroll taxes from employees at his nursing homes across 11 states but never paid them over to the IRS (2017–2018); he also failed to file required 401(k) reports. He was sentenced to three years in prison in April 2025 and served only about three months before the pardon.

- In April 2020 at Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation Center II in New Jersey (a facility previously operated under Skyline and to the Schwartz family via his son Louis). During a COVID-19 outbreak that killed at least 70–83 residents, authorities discovered 17 bodies crammed into a tiny makeshift morgue designed to hold only 4–5. The bodies were in bags, stacked and overflowing; the facility was later fined over 200,000.

At least three families won multimillion-dollar wrongful death lawsuits against Schwartz/Skyline facilities for neglect-related patient deaths, but they have collected nothing due to the chain’s bankruptcy and asset shielding.

He also had a separate Arkansas state conviction for Medicaid fraud/tax evasion tied to inflating rates at his facilities. A judge sentenced him to three years in federal prison in April 2025; he began serving it and had served only about three months when pardoned.