'His wife I think is fantastic and I'm thinking about commuting his sentence very strongly. I think it's enough, seven years,' Trump told reporters of Blagojevich.
President Donald Trump told reporters on Air Force One that he was strongly considering commuting the sentence of Rod Blagojevich, the disgraced former governor of Illinois, and referenced both his"fantastic wife" and former FBI director James Comey.
"His wife I think is fantastic and I'm thinking about commuting his sentence very strongly. I think it's enough, seven years," Trump told reporters of Blagojevich who was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for participating in several"pay to play" schemes . Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich waves to supporters outside his home after returning from his sentencing hearing December 7, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois. Blagojevich was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison after being found guilty of 18 charges in two trials including trying to sell President Obama’s vacated senate seat.The president added that"it was the same gang, the Comey gang and all these sleazebags that did it.
Last year, the president said he was"seriously thinking of a curtailment," for Blagojevich who he said was convicted"for being stupid and saying things that every other politician, you know that many other politicians say."
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