Scoop: Trump planning to pardon Rod Blagojevich

https://www.axios.com ^ | 2/10/25 | Alex Isenstadt

[roving]

Yet we still have a green beret sitting in prison over January 6th.

[Valpal1]

So he can testify to all kinds of Dem dirt without invoking the 5th amendment?

[alternatives?]

“Is this another pardon?”

Previously Trump commuted his sentence. This is a pardon.

[Valpal1]

Who didn’t get a Trump pardon?

[ridesthemiles]

WHEN I COMPARE ROD TO BIDEN FAMILY-—I FIND NO DECENT COMPARISON.

[JonPreston]

agree. He’s a Chicago street politician, so he isn’t an angel. And Obama is the same thing, only worse. I’m fully on board with giving him a clean slate.

[JonPreston]

excellent recap. Thanks.

[Sacajaweau]

Commuted but not pardoned.

[fso301]

I think that’s where it should end. No pardon.

He knows something about hussein.

[Miami Rebel]

He got “screwed” because he is corrupt scum.

[Enterprise]

I thought he only commuted his sentence, but didn’t give a full pardon.

[Enterprise]

Thank you!

[Biblebelter]

Blago didn’t do anything many other governors have done.

The problem was Blago was being taped by the Feds.

The fear was not that Blago might incriminate himself, it was who on the other end of the line would have paid for that seat.

Patrick Fitzgerald the US Attorney rushed to charge Blago before any prominent Democrat made a cash offer, such as now Governor Prickster who had the bucks to make the winning bid.

[Enterprise]

"oh but will he spill on saint Barry?"

Maybe. Remember though, Illinois is openly defying Trump about deporting illegal aliens. Maybe there are more targets than old Juggie.

[Enterprise]

Bump!!!

[MayflowerMadam]

Oh, I think you might be right!

[Honorary Serb]

Great!

[skimbell]

Here's where the whole mess started...

[Glad2bnuts]

Exactly correct. It has been a standard type of grift for Governors to have a big say in replacing a Senator. In this case, Obama wanted HIS guy in, so Blago got caught in the churn. Was he asking for the new Senator to fill his pockets, or to kick back to his Gubernatorial campaign, or just support him? I remember this happening clearly. I hate Democrats, but Blago got the shaft, they put the screws to him. There was another D Congressman that opened his mouth too often, he was thrown under a similar bus. James Traficant was his name. He had GREAT floor speeches.

[wrcase]

“Beam me up, Scotty.”