Posted on 02/18/2020 11:12:22 AM PST by BenLurkin
Trump commuted the remainder of Blagojevich’s 14-year prison term. the Illinois Democrat had begun serving that sentence in 2013 after he was found guilty of attempting to trade the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama for money or favors.
The president announced that he had issued pardons to Kerik and DeBartolo.
Kerik, who oversaw the NYPD during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, pleaded guilty in 2009 to charges of felony tax fraud and lying to the government. He was released from federal prison in 2013.
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Arpaio hadn't been sentenced and Trump pardoned him.
Jared must be furious. His father-in-law pardons Blagojevich, DeBartolo, and Kerick but not Jared’s old man.
Exactly. No violence, no actual theft. His lesson is learned; an example was set. The sentence was inappropriately long suggesting political payback.
Perhaps he’s setting them up so they can’t claim bias when he pardons Flynn and Stone....which ain’t gonna happen until the “process” is done.
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