The announcement came on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews as the president embarked on a four-day west coast swing and just hours after he commuted another sentence, that of former San Francisco 49ers owner Edward DeBartolo, Jr., who was convicted in a gambling fraud scandal.
“Yes, we commuted the sentence of Rod Blagojevich,” Trump told reporters before boarding Air Force One. “He served eight years in jail, a long time. He seems like a very nice person, don’t know him.” Trump first floated the possibility of pardoning Blagojevich in May 2018 and has been eager to take action, despite warnings from advisors who warned of political fallout from commuting the sentence of someone whose crime exemplifies the kind of corruption the president’s “drain the swamp” messaging vowed to root out.Blagojevich was convicted in 2011 of trying to extract a personal benefit from appointing a replacement for then-President-Elect Obama to the U.S. Senate after the 2008 election.
The Democrat was serving a 14-year sentence in a Colorado federal prison since 2012. He was set to be released in 2024.The Illinois House voted to impeach the governor and proceed to a trial to remove him from office. In January 2009, the state Senate unanimously voted to remove him from office.
At least none of people were terrorists. Do you recall, Obama pardoned a scumbag that had felonies and wanted to blow up buildings. Just the people that Big Ears Obama likes.
The morons at the LA Times must think that no President in history has pardoned anyone. FakeNews is real. TDS is real.
Intercede in Justice Department matters? Your credibility is blown.
LA Times: '...continuing a run of brazen actions to intercede in Justice Department matters following his acquittal on articles of impeachment.' U.S. Constitution: '...he shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States...' MediaBias
The president has plenary powers regarding pardons. It’s not interfering. It’s also monarchial and often misused, such as this.
NO, this is a power given to all POTUS and I never saw anyone complaining that Obama was interceding with the DOJ with his record number of clemencies.
Look at how Dumb Donald is acting while running for re-election! Now imagine him with no elections left & a Senate & DOJ that have given him permission to do literally anything he wants! If he wins re-election America is done. That's not hyperbole, it's a fact. We won't recover.
Did the LA Times run an article stating that Obama interceded in DOJ matters when he issued pardons?
Birds of a feather .....
He pardons Democrats and people still don't like him, TDS is real.
Another person like trump who took advantage of his political appointment to profit for his own good , he is. Person that Trumo likes, r u seeing pattern it’s not blue collar workers in Wisconsin, Ohio, Pa, Or Michigan , he could care less about those folks !
That’s what mob bosses do.
PERHAPS ALL IN TRUMP CIRCLE SHOULD TAKE HEED
Update: President Trump granted full pardons to seven convicted felons including Michael Milken, the former junk bond king who became a face of the insider trading financial scandals of the 1980s.
Brazen?
Obama, and others, should have been sitting in that jail cell with Democrat Blagojevich. Bad move Trump.
Career criminal commutes the sentence of fellow career criminal.
The liberal media is pathetic
Brazen actions? PLEASE.
GOD IT MAKES US SICK TO THINK TRUMP IS IN CA - con man bully corrupt president is here to collect money from his rich greedy buddies who don't give a damn about the country
It's the hair
It’s almost like AG Barr lies when he said Trump has no power over him and the Justice Department. Weird.
The mad king is on a roll.
BS
Refilling the swamp with new filth.
'don't know him' He was on The Apprentice.. Trump personally fired him.
Of course he did, Screw Trump and his followers!!
5 way to manifest what you want!!
Odd that he’s pardoning a bunch of corrupt white collar guys. What could it mean
Continuing to show how devoted he is to rooting out corruption 😂😂 Republicans who support Trump’s bullshit line that he really cares about corruption in Ukraine should feel even dumber today.
The pardon is fine. But it's irredeemable that Trump is not working to free Julian Assange
I may be wrong, but that doesn’t seem the best way to fight corruption
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