CNN host Anderson Cooper took Rod Blagojevich to task Friday, after the former Illinois governor compared himself to Nelson Mandela and insisted that he had been a 'political prisoner' freed by clemency from President Donald Trump on Tuesday.
by President Donald Trump on Tuesday, said he had been a"political prisoner" while comparing himself to Nelson Mandela in a CNN interview Friday.that eventually saw the host deem statements by his guest"bullshit.
"Well, first of all, Nelson Mandela went before a court, he was convicted in a court of law," said Blagojevich."I bet you if you were to ask Nelson Mandela whether he thought the process was fair back in the early 60s in South Africa, he would say what I'm saying today." Blagojevich argued he wasn't comparing himself to Mandela because Cooper had originally broached the subject. He insisted that he had been falsely accused of the crimes that landed him in jail, which included attempting to sell the vacant senate seat of former President Barack Obama.
Trump commuted the sentence of Blagojevich after he had served eight years of his 14-year sentence. The former Democratic governor expressed his gratitude to the president upon his release,
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