President Trump said on Wednesday night that he was “strongly considering” commuting the 14-year prison sentence of Rod R. Blagojevich, the former Illinois governor who was convicted of trying to essentially sell President Barack Obama’s vacated Senate seat for personal gain. [...]
Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser who has internally championed pardons and commutations, had suggested Mr. Blagojevich be pardoned, saying that it would appeal to Democrats, one of those people said.
The lawyer for a 39-year-old man in Montana who fractured the skull of child for wearing a hat during the national anthem at a rodeo says his client believed he was acting on behalf of President Trump.
Cyntoia Brown wed in prison and "looks forward to starting her life as a recently married woman," according to book publisher, Atria Books, which announced the marriage in a news release about its deal to publish Brown's memoir. [...]
Brown's upcoming book, "Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System," is scheduled to be published Oct. 15.
The book is based on her writings in prison during 15 years of incarceration.
- Forty-five years ago today:
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today’s Kagro in the Morning show:
Trump went into autopilot attack mode after his hospital visits, and hit immigrant communities with cruel crackdowns and broken promises. "Empty-state Senators" (and not Mexico) plan for wall funding. Trump plots payback for social media "censorship."