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Trump expected to commute sentencing of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich
ABC News ^
| February 18, 2020
| John Santucci and Katherine Faulders
Posted on 02/18/2020 10:36:51 AM PST by Brown Deer
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To: Blue Highway
A pardon and commutation are different considerations for a criminal offense.
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posted on
02/18/2020 10:45:05 AM PST
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goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: Brown Deer
I hope our President gets a LOT in return.
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posted on
02/18/2020 10:45:10 AM PST
by
liberalh8ter
(The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
To: DoodleDawg
Why? Because then when he pardons Stone, Manafort et al he’s not favoring his guys over their guys.
To: frank ballenger
To be fair and kind. Then commute all the sentences of those in Federal prison. How much more fair and kind can you be than that?
To: chris37
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posted on
02/18/2020 10:46:24 AM PST
by
nuconvert
( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
To: liberalh8ter
I hope our President gets a LOT in return. It was a quid-pro-quo that got Blago fourteen years to begin with.
To: goldstategop
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posted on
02/18/2020 10:47:15 AM PST
by
littleharbour
("You take on the intel community they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you" C. Schumer)
To: 9422WMR
I wonder if. Lago will convert to republican over the pardon? Obummer sure threw him under the bus! Yeah just what we need, Blagojevich as a Republican. Maybe he can replace Pence on the ticket?
To: nickcarraway
Why? Because the guy had powerful enemies (who aren't particularly popular on FR).
He was railroaded.
ML/NJ
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posted on
02/18/2020 10:48:05 AM PST
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ml/nj
To: PhilCollins
Nobody here likes Blago. If Trump acts it will be because he thinks it’s the right and fair thing to do.
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posted on
02/18/2020 10:48:07 AM PST
by
bigbob
(Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
To: DoodleDawg
Then commute all the sentences of those in Federal prison. True. But think of the new fans from the other political party Trump will attract.
Or, maybe they'll just never give up hating him and us Deplorables. Law and order gets on their nerves.
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posted on
02/18/2020 10:48:53 AM PST
by
frank ballenger
(End vote harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
To: PhilCollins
Trump probably thinks that he might win Illinois, if he lets Blagojevich out of prison. Then he's nuts. There isn't a big "Free Blago" movement in the state. People there figure he got what he deserved.
To: Brown Deer
Jail’s good for ya - if you get through it intact. Learn about ‘the evil that lurks in the heart of men’
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posted on
02/18/2020 10:49:58 AM PST
by
olepap
Commuting Blagojevich is probably smart! Maybe TRUMP can get a few Democrat votes! lol
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posted on
02/18/2020 10:50:24 AM PST
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KavMan
To: DoodleDawg
But Blago knows where a lot of bodies are buried.
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posted on
02/18/2020 10:53:14 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: bigbob; DoodleDawg
I lived in the Chicago area for about 17 years. I think that about 40% of the people, I know, think that Blago’s sentence was too long.
To: KavMan
This is done for a prisoner who shows good behavior and his sentence is lessened.
A pardon wipes out the underlying offense. A commutation doesn’t.
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posted on
02/18/2020 10:53:26 AM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: 9422WMR
It’s a commutation, not a pardon. It would not restore his voting rights as far as I know.
To: conservative98
I disagree with light sentences for killers and sex offenders, but we should give them appropriate sentence, not reduce everyone else's sentence.
14 years is entirely appropriate for the crimes he commuted.
I love that there are so many Freepers who bemoan how Democrats don't get punished for their crimes. As soon as one actually gets punished, they don't like it.
Blagojevich got exactly what he deserved.
To: Emmett McCarthy
Yup. That’s exactly what the President would do.
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posted on
02/18/2020 10:56:25 AM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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