Blago is out of federal time out thanks to his buddy Donnie. |
Donald J. Trump has commuted the sentence of former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich.
The former Democratic governor was a part of a clemency spree. Trump issued a handful of corrupt politicians and business executives convicted of federal crimes.
Blagojevich was trying to sell then-U.S. Senator Barack Obama's seat when he became the 44th President of the United States.
Trump called the conviction, "ridiculous."
Blagojevich was impeached and removed from office because of this action. The feds found him guilty of corruption and he was ordered to spend 15 years in the iron college. Trump's commuting of Blagojevich shaves off half of a federal conviction. It doesn't necessarily mean he's been pardoned but many see it as one.
Trump confirmed to reporters that he's granted clemency to Blagojevich, Bernard Kerik, Michael Milken and Edward DeBartolo, Jr. These individuals were convicted of corruption and financial crimes.
The former Illinois governor was then a contestant on The Apprentice. He also was a governor who served the state from 2003 to 2009. He was the 40th governor of the state.
Trump pardons corrupt figures in American politics and business. |
"Many people disagreed with the sentence," Trump told reporters. "He's a Democrat, he's not a Republican. It was a prosecution by the same (rotten) people, [James] Comey, [Patrick Fitzgerald], the same group."
Trump found sympathy for his old buddy, a former contestant on The Apprentice: Celebrity Edition.
"Very far from his children," Trump said. "They rarely get to see their father outside of an orange uniform. I saw that and I did commute his sentence."
What Trump saw was the wife of Blagojevich go on Fox News pleading to release her husband.
Trump pardoned Milken, who the junk food media called the junk bond king. He was convicted of violating U.S. securities laws.
Further, Trump confirmed he pardoned the former New York Police Department commissioner Bernard (Bernie) Kerik. Kerik was going to be a top-pick in George W. Bush's Justice Department.
Trump and Rod Blagojevich had ties. Blago was on The Apprentice. |
Kerik spent four years in federal time out for his crimes. Trump pardoned the corrupt cop.
He pardoned a corrupt business man who owned the San Francisco 49ers. Eddie DeBartolo, Jr. was convicted of failing to report a bribe to the former governor of Louisiana when he pleaded guilty to it in 1998. DeBartolo was a gambler and tried to buy off debts by offering merchandise and tickets.
Jim Brown and Jerry Rice praise Trump's pardon of Eddie DeBartolo, Jr. and releasing Black drug offenders. |
He was denied pardons from Barack Obama and George W. Bush. There was a reason.
Trump's buddies, coon pastor Darrell Scott, NFL geezers Jim Brown, Jerry Rice and Ronnie Lott praised the decision to let DeBartolo off the hook.
Remember Trump promise he would drain the swamp. Yet, he is the emboldenment of the swamp.
The only good thing Trump did commute the sentences of Black women. Tynice Nichole Hall was sent to federal time out for 18 years for allowing her home to be a drug den. Crystal Munoz, who spent 12 years reduced for playing a role in a marijuana smuggling operation and Judith Negron, a white woman who tried to scheme and defraud the federal government.
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