Trump pardons former ‘junk bond king’ Michael Milken

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The US president also commutes the sentence of Rod Blagojevich, the former Illinois governor convicted of bribery and wire fraud

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press before boarding Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, the US, February 18 2020. Picture: MANDEL NGAN / AFP

“That was a tremendously powerful, ridiculous sentence,” said Trump. “He seems like a very nice person, though I don't know him,” Trump said, despiteTV show, which Trump hosted, according to reports. Since then he has headed the nonprofit Milken Institute, focusing on a wide range of research, including curing cancer, public health, ageing, California and financial markets.

Kerik pleaded guilty to hiding the renovations from the tax-collecting Internal Revenue Service and lying to White House officials while being vetted to lead the homeland security department under former president George Bush. He was freed in May 2013.

 

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