Trump considering clemency for Blagojevich, Stewart

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill



BY JORDAN FABIAN - 05/31/18 12:03 PM EDT

President Trump on Thursday said he is considering commuting the sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) and pardoning TV personality Martha Stewart.

Trump’s comments come hours after he pardoned conservative commentator Dinesh D’Souza, who pleaded guilty to a felony campaign finance violation.

This developing report will be updated

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Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/390064-trump-considering-clemency-for-blagojevich-stewart

[Thomas Hurt]

1. LOL, he thinks he is a god-king handing out boons!

Yes peasants, the munificent and compassionate King Donnie will grant your wishes and you will love him for it...

[BumRushDaShow]

4. THIS

[DownriverDem]

22. All a show

What an ass-munch.

[RandySF]

2. He's getting ready to pardon Manafort and Co.

But first he wants to say that he helped some Democrats.

[marylandblue]

3. He is pardoning every corrupt liar he can find.

[MFM008]

21. Yup

Exactly.

[DownriverDem]

23. Every day

I wake up disgusted.

[JohnnyRingo]

5. This must be his idea of prison reform.

Maybe it's an attempt to clean out private prisons of rich white people. Of course I know the message he's sending to associates considering testifying against him.

I'm aware of what she did, but I hope he does pardon Martha. I like her and believe her conviction suited no purpose to justice. It didn't send a message to others, nor did it deter white collar crime. I wouldn't bash the president for a couple months right now if I were her. Leave that to her friend Snoop for now.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. Must be some big news pending against tRump that he's preparing diversions to control news cycle. nt

[greymattermom]

7. But both of them have spent time in jail,

so let that be a lesson too. Go to jail, and maybe you'll get pardoned later.

[turbinetree]

8. How many others, that are not a sheriff, or some "celebrity" has he pardon................

not fucking one, but some asshole that "had taken "pictures of classified information because he was a navy seal of the "propulsion system" of nuclear powered ship the USS Alexandria a submarine, I don't know was he going to sell it to "some" country...................

[Jake Stern]

14. I presume you're referring to the Kristian Saucier case

Which is more offensive to you: his action or the fact he was pardoned by Trump?

I didn't like that Obama pardoned and commuted some people including one that used a kid to ferry his dope around.

[turbinetree]

20. I look at the navy seal taking pictures in a "classified" setting has a act of spying

and he should have gone too jail for a lot longer.......................a lot longer................

[Jake Stern]

30. First he wasn't a SEAL he was a regular sailor

Second while he did something mind numbingly stupid nowhere did the government prove his intent was espionage which is why he got such a light sentence to begin with.

[marieo1]

9. minngal

This clown would be the last one I would ever want to pardon me, it would definitely NOT be an honor. If it were me I wouldn't want his pardon to smear my reputation!!

[duforsure]

10. If he is above the rule of law, there will be

No campaign finance laws for him, no laws preventing any crimes he wishes to commit, and all his loyalists have no limit to what they can do , and get away with it. These pardons will also be abused as he'll continue to do as he wishes . Thumb his nose at the rule of law, except towards his opposition , and those that won't bow down to him. This will escalate , and his crimes will only get bolder.

[former9thward]

24. Except a presidential pardon is the rule of law.

Its the Constitution. That aside Blago received a sentence far above what anyone else would have received. Blago and the judge had a personality conflict and the judge used that conflict to sentence Blago to an excessive sentence.

[Initech]

11. He is abusing his power of the pardon!!!

[Cosmocat]

12. Blagojevich - Fuck that

Stewart - meh, but Blago is the type of scumbag pol who needs to do his time.

[paleotn]

13. What?

You don't want to buy a Senate seat?

[Renew Deal]

15. I'd be surprised if Martha was pardoned

Trump is trying to keep the heat off from Democrats.

[Still In Wisconsin]

16. He's pardoning a Democrat (Blago) and a well-known liberal (Stewart) so when he pardons Manafort it

won't look quite as bad.

[videohead5]

25. State charges

They have state charges ready to go if he pardons Manafort.

[Still In Wisconsin]

29. Presidential pardons for Federal charges only?

I didn't know that, but probably should have. Thanks!

[herding cats]

17. Blagojevich Was on Celebrity Apprentice

Stewart hosted an Apprentice spinoff.

There's also this:

More potential groundwork: Blagojevich was convicted for selling political favors, while Rudy Giuliani has specifically cited Stewart's conviction for lying to investigators as an example of why Trump shouldn't be forced to testify.

Link to tweet

?

These aren't random choices on Trumps part.

[Eugene]

27. Thank you for connecting the dots here.

I already thought an ugly pattern was emerging.

[Kablooie]

18. WTF! He's just pardoning celebrity cases that were in the news.

Because those are the ones people know about.
It has nothing to do with justice, (of course).
He's just using the power of pardon as a political publicity ploy for himself.
He expects people to see him as a kind, benevolent soul.

[leftynyc]

19. Stewart is to soften the ground

for his pardoning of flynn. Lying to the fbi is what Stewart went to jail for.

[greatauntoftriplets]

26. The proposed Blagojevich pardon is a big FU to Illinois Democrats.

This just gives us more reason to despise Spanky.

[blue-wave]

28. He's trying to screw

The Democrats in the states where there is a large Slavic vote. Martha is of Polish descent and Blago Serbian. The Slavic vote has been trending repub since Reagan. Putin's getting ready for a reelection campain in 2020.