Former President Donald Trump granted a full and unconditional pardon to former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, calling the conviction a 'terrible injustice' and attributing it to 'bad people'. Trump praised Blagojevich's character while acknowledging that he had been 'set up'. The pardon has sparked debate about the nature of the charges against Blagojevich and the motives behind Trump's decision.
Blagojevich is one of many governors from my home state of Illinois who landed in jail. I don’t know how the others slipped through the cracks. However, Blagojevich is not a very fine person. No politician from Illinois is a fine person. You won’t ever catch me voting for a politician from Illinois even if the person is a libertarian!MILLER: Next, we have a full and unconditional pardon for former governor Rob Blagojevich of the state of Illinois. TRUMP: Good. It’s my honor to do it.
I’ve watched him. He was set up by a lot of bad people. Some of the same people that I had to deal with. He wasn’t quite as successful, but he had somebody that saw what was going on. I didn’t know him other, that I believe… He was on The Apprentice for a little while. He was just a very nice person. He had a fantastic wife. She fought like hell to get him out. He was given a sentence of, like, 18 years. And there was a sort of a terrible injustice. They just were after him. They go after a lot of people. These are bad people on the other side. So I think he’s just a very fine person, and this shouldn’t have happened, and it shouldn’t have happened to him. And let him have a normal life and let him go out and do what he has to do.REPORTER: Mr. President, are you considering him for Ambassador to Serbia? TRUMP: No, but I would. He’s now cleaner than anybody in this room. He got a pardon. He’s cleaner than anybody in the room. 🚨BREAKING: Trump signs a full an unconditional pardon for Rod Blagojevich, former Illinois Governor. 'He was set up!'TRUMP: 'No, but I would. He's now cleaner than anyone in this room. He got a pardon.' LMAO! 😂Seems harsh. He had received 18 years for an attempted breach of trust crime. Sometimes “first murders “ in Chicago were drawing just a few years.Does anyone know if Ray Epps benefited from Trump initial sweeping pardon of J6ers? It’s possible that because of the incredible sweetheart deal Epps received, he may not even needed the pardon because his Biden DoJ deal may have made him eligible for a diversion program where his record is essentially expunged after a modest probationary period.Trump’s pardon of J6’s only affected those actually convicted – no pre-emptive pardons like senile Joe did for his family and cronies.Epps was never convicted or even charged with anything at all (which is really all you need to know to grasp that he was 100% an FBI paid agitator) so, no, I’d think that none of what Trump did benefited Epps at all.https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/09/us/politics/ray-epps-sentenced-january-6.html …he may have been the only J6er who was allowed to plead to a single count of disorderly conduct, the lowest level misdemeanor available in federal law. What’s unclear from any of the reporting is what the details of the plea were, only that he was sentenced to ‘probation.’ Because he was ‘prosecuted,’ the government can’t reindict for the same incident. He’s effectively been immunized. But, without a pardon (or access to a diversion program), the ‘conviction’ would remain on his record absent a pardon.“He’s now cleaner than anybody in this room. He got a pardon. He’s cleaner than anybody in the room.” Reminds me of the old joke where one politician accuses his opponent of having spent years in e mental hospital. The other replies, “I have in my hand an official document certifying that I am sane. Where’s yours?”Reminds me of 1972 Presidential Campaign. The Nixon Campaign (with Spiro Agnew as VP Candidate)had done a lot of dirt digging, and accused McGovern’s VP Candidate Thomas Eagleton, who had suffered depression and received shock treatment, of being crazy and thus unsuited for office. The McGovern Campaign had a quick comeback and said:” OK, but at least our candidate has received treatment for his problems”. ( subsequently Eagleton withdrew his candidacy and Agnew resigned as VP over a scandal).I don’t understand. He was indeed guilty. Perhaps a commutation of his sentence if it was too severe for the offense, but a pardon? No, dammit Donald, NO!Illinois govts, as a rule, are all famously corrupt.Apparently selling Obama’s empty office made someone powerful angry. The fact that his party affiliation, if it’s mentioned at all, is usually buried in para 2 or later of any story, never in the headline, is a big clue that he’s actually a (D). He’s however someone Trump knew personally before Trump became the Democratic AntiChrist and selective prosecution is one of T’s triggers at this point, so a nothing burger pardon here is T’s way of saying FU to the DOJ I believe.I see you’re right, in fact supposedly 4 out of the last 10 governors apparently went to prison. In fact, it’s an equal opportunity job, outside of Chicago there’s enuf (R) voters that both parties have a shot at the job. Apparently there’s a tradition of running as a reformer and then cashing for yourself when it’s your turn.Ryan actually got people kille
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