President Trump pardons white collar criminals
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On Tuesday President Trump granted clemency to 11 notorious white collar criminals.
He commuted the 14-year-sentence of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, who was convicted on corruption charges for attempting to sell former president Obama’s Senate seat.
Illinois Republican slammed the president’s decision, calling Blagojevic, “the face of public corruption in Illinois.”
The president pardoned former New York police commissioner Bernard Kerik, who served time in prison for tax fraud and lying of officials.
Kerik thanked the president, tweeting: “Today is one of the best days in my life.”
He also pardoned Michael Milken, who served several years in prison for violating security laws.
And Eddie Debartolo Junior, the former owner of the San Francisco 49ers, who pled guilty in 1998 to failing to report a felony in a bribery case.
Now, some are wondering whether the president will pardon his longtime friend Roger Stone who is facing sentencing in a federal court on Thursday.
Posted – 2.19.20