It doesn’t look like everybody does. Blagojevich is still a convicted felon. He’s spent years in jail. He’s not getting out of jail free. He’s getting out early.
The others already served their sentences. They are not getting back their years or their money. They are getting a piece of paper that says they have been pardoned. Milken in particular is typical presidential pardon material. He served his time, paid his fines and has spent his time since conviction working for charities.
There are quite a few pardons and commutations that piss me off much more, but Trump.
Probably so; it’s possibly also a shot at a blue state, which now has Democrats in the governor’s chair, both U.S. Senate seats, and 13 out of 18 House seats.
It’s 100% a shot at Comey and crew. They convicted Blagojevich. They pissed off Trump. Blagojevich was on his tv show. I don’t think it’s any deeper than that.
Ya know, I’ve never been able to find any evidence at all that he paid the $600 million in fines we all heard about. Nor did I see a press release stating that he had repaid Drexel investors the $500 million he agreed to repay.
Blagojevich is a Democrat. I don’t know DeBartolo’s political affiliation, but the governor he bribed was a Democrat. I think the intended message is that white-collar crimes committed by people who suck up to Trump are not to be punished, and/or that law enforcement officials who refuse to suck up to Trump can expect to have their work nullified.
I find it fascinating that Trump can be viewed as both an idiotic buffoon and an evil genius at the same time by the same people. I think most of his decisions don’t go below the level of his surface thoughts.
“Blago was a good guy on The Apprentice. His wife tells me he was screwed by Comey. Commute his sentence.”
“Bernie was a good guy when I knew him in New York. Pardon him.”
“Mikey was a good guy when I knew him in New York. He’s bald now and had cancer. Pardon.”
“Some 49er players are saying Eddie is a good guy. Pardon.”
Can’t quote Loach, but I really don’t think this, or anything Trump has ever done rises to the level of genius. And I’d be interested o meet the person that claims Trump is an evil genius. That person is half right.
Perhaps the media would print an article about a guy who wrote a check for $600 million dollars. Perhaps the government would give a notice that it had occurred. Heck, maybe even the person paying the fine would want to publicize it, as a sign of their penance and rehabilitation.
Yet I can find no evidence that the fines were paid, only that he agreed to pay them.
The payment of fines whether it’s $500 or $500,000 are conditions of release, probation and/or parole. They don’t need to be publicized. Show me examples of where the receipt of fines was publicized not just the sentence. In all the cases I’ve been involved in, some pretty big, I’ve never seen payment publicized or reported. I have heard when payment isn’t made because then there are warrants issued.
Hey not claiming it to be my facts. I was speculating on the motive.
Just because Comey had nothing to do with Blago’s arrest or prosecution, of course, doesn’t mean Trump doesn’t think he’s getting back at Comey by commuting Blago’s sentence.
After the guy basically threw him the election, though, you think he’d have more of a soft spot for him.
If there’s one thing that has bipartisan support in both houses of Congress, it’s members of Congress not being assassinated. If Trump did that, then even the Republicans would vote to remove him.
Convince me you’re drawing from some manner of precedent and not just “sure” about this. I generally trust your opinions, but I fear I must admit to some doubt in this example.