Crime bosses stick together!
Already during the early months of his second term, Trump has granted clemency to at least eight individuals convicted on federal drug charges. Some, including [Chicago gang founder Larry] Hoover, have extensive criminal records involving violence and gun charges.
"There's a lot of mixed messages and mixed signals [from the White House] which creates sort of chaos and uncertainty," said Jeffrey Singer, a drug policy analyst at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think-tank. "On the one hand you're threatening even tougher penalties on people who deal in drugs, while on the other hand you're releasing drug dealers from prisons."