# Trump commutes sentence of Arkansas businessman.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-commutes-sentence-of-arkansas-businessman/837832
**Category:** Politics & Elections
**Created:** [July 29, 2019, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-commutes-sentence-of-arkansas-businessman/837832 "2019-07-29T20:18:07Z")
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2019, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-commutes-sentence-of-arkansas-businessman/837832/1 "2019-07-29T20:18:07Z")
“Strongly supported by Mike Huckabee”.
I see no reason to commute the sentence of a guy who [bribed a state official.](https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2019/jul/29/trump-commutes-sentence-arkansas-businessman-convi/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=breaking-suhl-bribery-7-29-19&utm_content=breaking-suhl-bribery-7-29-19+CID_f2241dd7c264d3ec15423cc09b00a4cb&utm_source=Email%20Marketing%20Platform&utm_term=READ%20MORE)
I presume this is a federal crime because he was defrauding Medicaid.
Since Mr. Suhl was convicted of bribery, I cannot help but wonder if he will make campaign contributions.
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### Author:  [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2019, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-commutes-sentence-of-arkansas-businessman/837832/2 "2019-07-29T22:22:55Z")
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> White House officials said in the release that Suhl “was a pillar of his community before his prosecution and a generous contributor to several charities.”
:rolleyes:
So were all the pedophile priests. So were those serial killers. So were the wife-beaters and the pension-stealers and the inside-traders.
So what? We caught them.