The Trump admin has created a "pardon industry" where "pardon seekers routinely offer to pay [lobbyists] as much as $1M or more, often with bonus payments triggered by a successful outcome," the NYT reports. One of the people successfully pardoned was nursing home tax scammer Rabbi Joseph Schwartz—seen pictured with lawyer and lobbyist Josh Nass—who was sentenced to 36 months in prison for his role in a $38M tax fraud scheme. Laura Loomer helped lobby for Schwartz's release by claiming the rabbi's sentence was an example of "obvious antisemitism." "Less than two weeks after his guilty plea was accepted, with his surrender date approaching and Otisville looming, Mr. Schwartz hired the right-wing conspiracists Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl to lobby for a presidential pardon, according to congressional filings," the NYT reports. Burkman and Wohl "have privately indicated that they enlisted Ms. Loomer to assist with the Schwartz clemency push," the Times reported, though Loomer denies having been paid and insists his case "was brought to her attention in a group chat related to Jewish causes."