professional courtesy: Trump may commute sentence of Rod Blagojevich

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Wednesday August 07, 2019 · 9:33 PM PDT

2019/08/07 · 21:33

Trump: "A man who is a Democrat, not a Republican --who I don’t know very well, but he was on “The Apprentice” for a couple of weeks – meaning, a couple of, you know, seasons; a couple of, what would you say? Episodes.”

Douchebags always need squeezing, and Trump may want to appoint Blago to something. This is more retribution against Comey and Mueller, among others.

Ã¢ÂÂI thought he was treated unbelievably unfairly; he was given close to 18 years in prison. And a lot of people thought it was unfair, like a lot of other things Ã¢ÂÂ and it was the same gang, the Comey gang and all these sleazebags that did it. And his name is Rod Blagojevich."
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 8, 2019

The Illinois House and Senate moved quickly thereafter to impeach the governor for abuse of power and corruption. On January 8, the Illinois House voted 114–1 (with three abstentions) to impeach Blagojevich.^[104]^[105] The charges brought by the House emphasized Blagojevich's alleged abuses of power and his alleged attempts to sell legislative authorizations and/or vetoes, and gubernatorial appointments including that of Obama's vacated Senate seat. Blagojevich was taped by the FBI saying "I've got this thing, and it's fucking golden. I'm just not giving it up for fucking nothing."^[106]He was removed from office and prohibited from ever holding public office in the state of Illinois again, by two separate and unanimous votes of 59–0 by the Illinois Senate on January 29, 2009. Blagojevich's lieutenant governor Patrick Quinn subsequently became governor of Illinois.^[107]Blagojevich's impeachment trial and removal from office did not have any effect or bearing on his federal indictment in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, as impeachment is a political, not a criminal, sanction.^[108]

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On May 31, 2018, President Donald Trump, soon after having pardoned commentator Dinesh D'Souza, told reporters that he was considering commuting Blagojevich's sentence (without pardoning him), as well as pardoning Martha Stewart. Trump called Blagojevich's sentence "unfair", saying that Blagojevich's statements about enriching himself were "stupid", but also the sort of thing "that many other politicians say".^[150] On June 5, 2018, Rod Blagojevich's petition, officially asking President Donald Trump for commutation of sentence, was filed.^[151]

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2) Trump's 8/7/2019 AF1 media spray echoes the 05/31/2018 AF1 spray spray where he first brought up the Blagojevich thing pic.twitter.com/A1WDt7yBcV
— Brandon Wall (@Walldo) August 8, 2019

Have you read the confessions of Manafort and Cohen, vis a vis the transition and corporate lobbying of the administration?

Sounds like something braindead Kushner would suggest to provide cover for a Manafort pardon.
— felinecannonball (@feline_cannon) August 8, 2019

Thursday, Aug 8, 2019 · 5:01:58 AM +00:00 · annieli

45* having trouble getting to sleep… firing like a dog

....I am so amazed that MSNBC & CNN can keep putting on, over and over again, people that have no idea what I am all about, and yet they speak as experts on Ã¢ÂÂTrump.Ã¢ÂÂ Same people since long before the 2016 Election, and how did that work out for the Haters and Losers. Not well!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 8, 2019

wonder what made Trump upset...

After this video clip Tim OÃ¢ÂÂBrian mentioned Jane Doe (Katy Johnson), who filed two lawsuits against Trump & Epstein for multiple rapes at age 14.https://t.co/4zgtsMXOuw https://t.co/fzaFEMR2HM
— jacjac (@jacoker2) July 12, 2019

Thursday, Aug 8, 2019 · 3:33:21 PM +00:00 · annieli

Authoritarian leaders love to issue pardons and amnesties (Mussolini 1925, Pinochet 1978, Trump 2017-) because it ties pardoned people to them, frees up more criminals to serve them, and sends the message that lawlessness is valued. https://t.co/aTZmqjObdO
— Ruth Ben-Ghiat (@ruthbenghiat) August 8, 2019

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