Trump Says He’s Considering Commutation For Former Illinois Gov. Blagojevich

In this March 15, 2012 file photo Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, center, walks with attorneys as he arrives at the Federal Correctional Institution Englewood in Littleton, Colo., to begin serving his 14-year sentence for corruption. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned some of the corruption convictions of the imprisoned former Governor in a ruling released Tuesday, July 21, 2015, saying prosecutors did not prove Blagojevich broke the law as he appeared to try to auction off an appointment to President Barack Obama's old Senate seat. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski,File)

President Donald Trump says he’s “very strongly” considering commuting the sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who is serving a 14-year prison term on multiple federal corruption convictions.

Trump suggested more than a year ago that he was considering a commutation for Blagojevich, who then filed paperwork requesting a commutation.

The Republican president told reporters Wednesday night while returning to Washington aboard Air Force One that he thought Blagojevich, a Democrat, had been treated “unbelievably unfairly.”

Trump says he’s taking into consideration Blagojevich’s wife and children and what was, in his view, mere braggadocio.

Blagojevich entered federal prison in 2012.

(AP)

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akuperma says:

August 9, 2019 10:12 am at 10:12 am

Clever. He is hoping to win over the “old fashioned” Democrats who are alienated by their parties radical leftward “socialist” reorientation.