President Joe Biden on Thursday granted clemency to disgraced former Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora.
Former Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora, shown here during his 2010 arrest on widespread corruption charges, was granted clemency on Thursday by President Joe Biden. CLEVELAND, Ohio— President Joe Biden on Thursday commuted the sentence for disgraced former Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora, ending the former Democrat’s punishment for widespread corruption that landed him in prison for more than a decade and caused a complete overhaul of the county’s government.
After his release, he was placed on home confinement and lived with family in Streetsboro. He was supposed to remain on home confinement until 2030. It also ends a legal saga that began with shocking raids in July 2008 and Dimora’s 2010 arrest in a massive pay-to-play scheme Dimora orchestrated alongside Cuyahoga County Auditor Frank Russo,The duo gave county contracts to contractors in exchange for money, trips, gifts and favors.
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