President Trump was on the cusp of commuting former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's sentence late last week, multiple sources said. But then Republican members of Illinois' congressional delegation began flooding the White House with calls.
Now, Trump appears to have backed off his plans to commute Blagojevich's sentence.Several Republican lawmakers called acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and White House counsel Pat Cipollone, the sources told CNN, and the Republican members of Illinois congressional delegation issued a joint statement opposing the move. At least two of them, Reps. Darin LaHood and Mike Bost, made their case directly to the President on Thursday night, urging him not to go forward.
The calls from the congressmen came after Trump told reporters Wednesday night aboard Air Force One that he was"thinking about commuting his sentence very strongly." That statement led to the Republican members of Illinois' congressional delegation statement opposing the action -- similar to one they issued in 2018 when Trump first floated the commutation -- and prompted LaHood and Bost's calls to Trump.
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