Trump Suggests He’s Likely to Commute Sentence of Rod Blagojevich
[quote]Trump said on Wednesday night that he was “strongly considering” commuting the 14-year prison sentence of Rod R. Blagojevich, the former Illinois governor who was convicted of trying to essentially sell President Obama’s vacated Senate seat for personal gain.
[quote]In remarks aboard Air Force One, Trump described the incriminating phone call in which Mr. Blagojevich, a Democrat, was taped discussing selling the seat as mostly a minor offense and something “many” politicians have done.
[quote]The move is likely to face steep blowback, since Mr. Blagojevich’s crime has long been seen as the epitome of the kind of pay-to-play that Trump has claimed he wanted to stop when he took office.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 11 | February 18, 2020 7:51 PM
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He's both acting out for attention and trying to do as much damage as possible before losing control of the White House.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | August 8, 2019 11:34 AM
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Corruption loves company.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | August 8, 2019 11:43 AM
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You can reject a pardon.
Can you reject a commutation?
by Anonymous | reply 3 | August 8, 2019 2:29 PM
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And he has just done that. In fact the fat fucker has been on a "get out of jail free" binge the last couple of days.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 4 | February 18, 2020 6:17 PM
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He's also just pardoned former San Francisco 49ers owner, convicted of gambling fraud.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 6 | February 18, 2020 6:19 PM
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Bernie Kerik now....Madoff wouldn’t surprise me at this point.
I am worried trump is doing this because he thinks he is winning re-election & has realized his idiot fan base doesn’t care what he does and will love him anyway.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | February 18, 2020 6:22 PM
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I think its because he knows shit is hitting the fan, its like his removal from office bucket list
by Anonymous | reply 8 | February 18, 2020 6:23 PM
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Well, even though Blago was a sleazeball, his 14-year sentence did seem awfully long.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | February 18, 2020 6:26 PM
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So is he trying to say if you send roger stone of Flynn to jail ill just pardon them? Why the flurry of pardons TODAY?
by Anonymous | reply 10 | February 18, 2020 7:46 PM
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NYT: Republicans had advised the president against the pardon, arguing that Mr. Blagojevich’s crime epitomizes the corruption that Mr. Trump had said he wanted to tackle as president.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | February 18, 2020 7:51 PM
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