Trump floated commuting Rod Blagojevich's sentence last year. Here's why it might happen now
President Donald Trump said this week that he was considering a commutation of the remainder of former Democratic Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's 14-year prison sentence.But Blagojevich's friends and family think it could actually happen this time.
"We're going to be doing something very, I think -- very impactful," he told reporters aboard Air Force One. , citing people with knowledge of the commutation talks, reported that Trump's son-in-law and senior advisor, Jared Kushner, had suggested Blagojevich be pardoned, "saying that it would appeal to Democrats."
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