U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned Rod Blagojevich, a former Illinois governor whose jail sentence for corruption he commuted five years ago during his first term.Democrat Blagojevich was removed from his governor's post in 2009 and later convicted of essentially selling the Senate seat ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned Rod Blagojevich, a former Illinois governor whose jail sentence for corruption he commuted five years ago during his first term.

  • Dagwood222@lemm.ee
    16·
    11 days ago

    So, Trump is pardoning corrupt Dems, and throwing staunch GOPs like John Bolton under the bus.

    • BreadstickNinja@lemmy.worldEnglish
      18·
      11 days ago

      He’s normalizing corruption. He doesn’t think it should be prohibited for people to misuse their office to provide political favors.