Trump Announces He Will Commute Blagojevich’s ‘Ridiculous Sentence’ | MSNBC

President Trump told reporters he will commute the sentence of former governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich before boarding Air Force One.
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Trump Announces He Will Commute Blagojevich's 'Ridiculous Sentence' | MSNBC

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    1. riffle queen the man served 8 years… He missed his children grow up……….. Think about that for a second… Isn’t THAT punishment enough? Sad really…

    2. Zeno of Citium because he’s interested in how to prosecute Squirt Bottle, the Penguin and Pencil Neck…..

    3. Brass House I live in Phoenix and I can tell you that more than 87,000 jobs were added last year in the metro area… He’s doing something right over here!

    4. @Don Hardcastle A lot of people convicted of crimes miss their children growing up! That is part of the punishment!

    5. riffle queen agreed, but 8 years away, he’s branded corrupt, etc., and added up, it’s enough….
      Trade shoes…

    1. J Name one, please. But then you’re perfectly OK with the IMPOTUS pardons, but somehow President Obama‘s seem to be an abuse. Again, can you explain your inconsistencies?

    2. @David Hale Hey Genius how could he buy the seat he just left to become potus?
      Thank you again for confirming my idea of low intelligent trumpanzee parrots

    3. @Eoin Mixolodian Once again because you seem thick headed and have a problem with reading comprehension. Trump did not “PARDON” Blagojevich, he “COMMUTED” him. If you don’t know the difference, maybe you should look it up if you can.

  1. The moment a Politcal leader gets to decide on judicial systems you get corruption.
    How is this even legal.
    Pure corruption

    1. @Chad Nelson Cool. You can use Google. Now, go through every single one, identify them and what their crime was. Let’s get to the reasons behind the pardons and commutations.

    2. @Chad Nelson Great lazy cop-out. You’re useless and the word you were hoping to use was “objective” not “objectionable”.

    3. @Chad Nelson If you want to point at the hypocrisy of federal pardons it would be better to find a case under Obama and compare it to a case under Trump. A better comparison would be Roger Stone and Kevin Johnson or the Philadelphia Black Panther

    1. “He’s a good guy. I don’t know him.” Running with his gut feeling again. Man, this dunce must have incurable gastritis.

  2. LOL!! He is increasing the meddling so that he can muddy the water and make us all inoculated and castrated when he goes for the bigger recent fish. He may get away with it because nobody is protesting this criminal in mass! We need to be setting fire to cars in the streets and breaking glass and looting like LA! This is the death of liberal democracy and birth of totalitarianism and the dumbing down of US citizens. Trump is concerned about him seeing his family, but what about the others in jail who were just smoking weed and not selling our Democracy?

    1. @Maja-Danmark Thanks Maja, sometimes you gotta set fire to stuff to be heard in the USA. That’s why OJ was let go, they were scared of another LA riot. It’s a great idea in my opinion. People would get injured and die just like in Kent State massacre and then the country would wake up!!!!!! The Pigs have escaped their pen.

    2. Setting fire to cars in the streets and breaking glass and looting will only make America worse off. That is metaphorically what his base has done to America by electing him. Trump’s base will eat his propaganda and will just love him more. Fighting fire with fire won’t work on the “Dear Leader”. He has done this his entire life and is much better at it. He pushes our buttons to see us react. To stop him we only need to peel off some from his cult. The popular vote in 2016 proves most voters don’t want him. The Electoral College gives him an advantage lately. The problem is they trust him more than us and even their own eyes. He has made most in his base worse off because of a lack of Health Care. We have to make 2020 a referendum about him. His corruption, lies, tax records and his narcissism. He abandoned our allies the Kurds and is subservient to Putin. Don’t make poor uneducated white people our enemy. We need them to vote for their self-interests. To fix all the big problems like Climate Change and Wealth Inequality and Nuclear Proliferation, we first need to get into office.

  3. In one day, he commutes Blagojevich’s sentence, pardons DeBartolo and Bernie Kerik. Jesus Christ. Kerik is Rudy’s protege.

    1. True. That’s just one layer. Trump has it figured out, though: ”Rattle them now and they won’t be as shocked and outraged when I do something worse”

    1. Lamar Alexander has been singing the same song as Collins: entirely fair for him to take a black eye for it.

      He’s earned it every bit as much as she has. He’s also retiring, the chicken won’t stand up to be driven out by the electorate (and takes his unspent campaign funds with him – did you know they can do that?), but that shouldn’t let him of the hook of accountability.

      Lamar Alexander the corrupt craven from Tennessee

  4. “He’s not a Republican, but he is a criminal, so I count him good. I got a spot for him soon as they cut him loose. Make a good addition to our White House staff.”

    1. Dia Atkin he tried to sell a Senate seat… Caught him dead nuts red-handed on high def video……..
      But the man has served 8 years…. He’s paid for it. His children are now grown. Think about that. He missed his children grow up…….
      THAT is punishment enough!

  5. Blagojevich tried to auction off a senate seat. DeBartolo bribed his way into a casino license. Birds of a feather. Trump has no shame.

  6. Don the Con is handing out those “pardons” right and left ,as if they were rolls of “paper towels”.

  7. He’s so proud of himself that he has this “power” and “absolute right” to release criminals. Move over crazy wig, the acquittal has gone to his head.

    1. @Charlie Moody Whether they foresaw it or not, he is humiliating the GOP Senate now. And he’s just getting started.

    1. Wayne Elms very eloquent…
      Are you capable of civil conversation that shows as much?

      Corruption is relative in the world of politics… Wouldn’t you agree?

      My opinion is the “old guard” of the Democratic party has (for the most part) controlled the inner-workings of our government for many years. Dating back to the Clinton administration.
      The power of the old guard is waning. There is such deep bias for this President that we’ve lost the ability to communicate with any semblance of civility…
      Incredible………………………………….

      The fact that physical violence has come to ANYONE over a political view is ridiculous………………………..

    2. John Iverson and you Sir? I suppose you lack the intellect to hold civil discourse?

      OR

      Is your face buried so deep in the pillow, paying your rent for the basement at Mom’s house?

  8. He is trying to numb us to the idea that he is King and does whatever he wants. AMERICA, Vote this SOB out before you lose your country to Putins best pupil.

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