President Trump commutes sentence of ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, convicted of trying to sell Obama’s Senate seat
David Jackson and John FritzeWASHINGTON – President Donald Trump will commute the prison sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich after long criticizing federal authorities involved in the corruption case for persuing what he's described as a"tough" sentence.
"Many people have asked that I study the possibility of commuting his sentence in that it was a very severe one," Trump posted on Twitter last year."White House staff is continuing the review of this matter." Blagojevich’s wife, Patti Blagojevich, made several appearances on Fox News to personally appeal to the president. She tried to draw a parallel between the case against her husband and the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election that dogged Trump during the first years of his presidency. That effort included an op-ed supporting the president’s mistrust of the Justice Department and the FBI.
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