Trump told reporters that he is seriously considering commuting the sentence of Rod Blagojevich:
FOX NEWS – President Trump said on Wednesday that he is “seriously” considering commuting the prison sentence of Rod Blagojevich and said the disgraced former Illinois governor was treated “unbelievably unfairly” by the ex-FBI Director Jim Comey’s gang of “sleazebags.”
Blagojevich, a Democrat, is currently serving 14 years on a federal corruption conviction. The charges are related to soliciting money for an appointment to former President Barack Obama’s vacant Senate seat. Other charges included the extortion of a children’s hospital and race track.
Trump made the comments to members of the press while traveling aboard Air Force One.
“I thought he was treated unbelievably unfairly; he was given close to 18 years in prison,” Trump said. “And a lot of people thought it was unfair, like a lot of other things — and it was the same gang, the Comey gang and all these sleazebags that did it. “
Blagojevich has been serving time in the slammer since 2012.
It was first reported over a year ago that Trump was considering a pardon. Trump then confirmed that he was considering a commutation of Blago’s sentence, which I think would be much more appropriate, especially considering Blago’s already served 5 years of his prison sentence.
But on the flip side, Blago did try to sell Obama’s Senate seat, which is just so despicably corrupt. Is five years enough?