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Trump commutes Blagojevich's sentence and grants clemency to 10 others

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Trump commutes Blagojevich's sentence and grants clemency to 10 others (CNN). Lawlessness, thy name is Trump. The pattern is set. If you're a buddy, crony, or serving a sentence for something Trump's done, he'll give you a break.
The moves furthered the impression of a President unbound after the Senate acquitted him following impeachment charges he abused his power. Aides had worked to convince Trump against reducing Blagojevich's sentence, believing it would play poorly. And Republican members of Congress lobbied Trump to drop the idea.
But aides say Trump feels newly emboldened after the Senate acquittal, and the steps he announced on Tuesday were long in the works.
 
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On Tuesday, Trump linked Blagojevich's prosecution to a longtime foe, former FBI Director James Comey, a close friend of former US attorney in Illinois Patrick Fitzgerald, who led the prosecution against Blagojevich.

"It was a prosecution by the same people -- Comey, Fitzpatrick -- the same group," Trump said, misstating the Illinois US attorney's surname.

Trump has raged over the past week at what he says are prosecutors run amok, including in the case involving his friend Roger Stone, who is due to be sentenced this week.
Trump commutes Blagojevich's sentence and grants clemency to 10 others - CNNPolitics


Does Trump not know how guilty Blagojevich is?
 
This country is in a full-on crisis. We wondered what that would feel like? This is it.
 
Internally, the effort to pardon or commute Blagojevich's sentence was championed by Jared Kushner, who has led the administration's criminal justice reform efforts. Blagojevich appeared on Trump's boardroom reality show NBC's "Celebrity Apprentice" in 2010 but was fired by the future president before the final round.

Trump said Tuesday he wanted Blagojevich to be able to see his family again after serving eight years in prison, calling the 14-year sentence for charges related to selling former President Barack Obama's Senate seat "ridiculous."
Trump commutes Blagojevich's sentence and grants clemency to 10 others - CNNPolitics


Jared.
 
Please....the guy got 14 years....here in Ma..lefty judges let violent rapists out in two, armed robbers out in.....oh wait...we are lucky if they get even one year.

He tried to sell a Senate seat.
 
This country is in a full-on crisis. We wondered what that would feel like? This is it.

Hahah yes...dems:
Blago sells a senate seat.....14 YEARS! Wait he only served 10!?!?!?...CRISIS!
Violent rapist= its bad for society to punish them...its not their fault. He should only serve two years at the most!......if longer....CRISIS!
 
Drain the Swamp! By... uh... pardoning convicted white collar felons and convicted corrupt politicians.

I believe this is the Tommy Flanagan approach to governance.

 
He tried to sell a Senate seat.

Yes we know...14 year sentence was considered appalling at the time by even conservatives....but same lefties think two years for violent rapists is more than necessary.
 
Pardoning Blagojevich serves a dual purpose for trump:

1. Blago is trump's buddy from Apprentice;
2. Serves as an appearance of consistency for when trump pardon's Stone.

Mostly, it's about #2.

You missed #3: it was Obama's Senate seat.
 
You missed #3: it was Obama's Senate seat.

<shrug> not really that much of a motivating factor, IMO. Pardoning Blago doesn't harm Obama in any way.
 
And Stone!

"I would think that there have been many politicians -- I'm not one of them, by the way -- that have said a lot worse over the telephone," he said last year.
Trump commutes Blagojevich's sentence and grants clemency to 10 others - CNNPolitics

Also...

And though Trump granted clemency to a total of 11 convicted criminals on Tuesday, he said he wasn't thinking about doing the same for Stone.

"I haven't given it any thought," Trump said, though sources have said Trump is weighing taking such a step.
Did Trump lie?
 
<shrug> not really that much of a motivating factor, IMO. Pardoning Blago doesn't harm Obama in any way.

It's meant to harm the prosecution team. It's meant to help a friend from a TV show. Others are also his friends. It's not about injustice or mercy, it's about friends.


Kerik, a former business partner of Trump ally and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, helped with the case of Navy SEAL chief Edward "Eddie" Gallagher, who was convicted of bringing discredit to the armed services after posing next to a dead ISIS fighter's body, which is against regulations. He was then demoted in rank -- a decision Trump reversed in a move that angered military officials.
 
Blagojevich’s call was “perfect!”

Trump, getting facts wrong, says he may free Blagojevich

Speaking to reporters Wednesday night, Trump said Blagojevich was behind bars “over a phone call where nothing happens.” He added Blagojevich “shouldn’t have said what he said, but it was braggadocio.”
 
So your claim is that I want to let a child rapist off easy? Is there no limit to your intellectual dishonesty? I think not!

No I am simply curious why lefties are in crisis over blago getting let off AFTER 10 YEARS...but don't bat an eyelash when rapists routinely dont even serve a day in prison after raping a 14 yr old. Could you explain why blago was crisis worthy but rapists getting off without so much as a day in prison isnt. Could you explain why Blago is crisis worthy but the 14 yr old rape victim wasnt?
 
Yes we know...14 year sentence was considered appalling at the time by even conservatives....but same lefties think two years for violent rapists is more than necessary.

No. We didn't. I'm from Illinois. **** Blago.
 
List of people granted executive clemency by Barack Obama - Wikipedia

y the end of his second and final term on January 20, 2017, United States President Barack Obama had exercised his constitutional power to grant the executive clemency—that is, "pardon, commutation of sentence, remission of fine or restitution, and reprieve"[1]—to 1,927 individuals convicted of federal crimes. Of the acts of clemency, 1,715 were commutations (including 504 life sentences) and 212 were pardons.[2]

i think Trump has a few more left before he catches his predecessor....
 
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