President Trump spoke out about commuting the 14-year sentence of Rod Blagojevich today. He explained that the former Illinois governor had served a long 8 years in jail. President Trump felt his sentence was aggressive and felt he’d served his time for trying to sell Obama’s Senate seat.
He mentioned the former Illinois governor’s wife and children and how they only got to see him in prison.
The president also mentioned that the prosecutors in the case were known to be heavy-handed and gave Blagojevich a “ridiculous sentence”…
President Trump explains his decision to commute the sentence of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich
pic.twitter.com/98ADW0UhLm— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) February 18, 2020
The full White House list of pardons and commutations:
President Trump granted full pardons to: Edward DeBartolo, Jr., Michael Milken, Ariel Friedler, Bernard Kerik, Paul Pogue, David Safavian, and Angela Stanton.
He then granted commutations to Rod Blagojevich, Tynice Nichole Hall, Crystal Munoz, and Judith Negron.