As we told you on Friday, President Donald Trump told reporters that he is considering a commutation of convicted Dem and ex-Governor Rod. Blagojevich which had his wife, Patricia, making the rounds on Fox News to encourage it:
Patricia Blagojevich: "Our system of government [has] a system of checks and balances for a reason, and sometimes the courts and these prosecutors get it wrong…and it takes a strong leader like President @realDonaldTrump to right those wrongs." @JudgeJeanine pic.twitter.com/idKVzJhjd0
— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 3, 2018
Pirro said what Blagojevich did was just “politics”:
Blagojevich’s wife goes on one of Trump’s favorite shows to describe how hard his imprisonment has been on their kids. Judge Jeanine says Blago was popular and just doing “politics” when he tried to sell a Senate seat for personal gain. Audience of ONE https://t.co/13Nz0uskSs
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) June 3, 2018
As a reporter who covered Blagojevich, I find some of today's revisionism jaw-dropping. A state house led by his own Democratic party voted 114-1 to impeach; Senate 59-0 to convict. Unanimous federal court jury convicted him on 17 counts of fraud, attempted extortion and bribery
— Chris Bury (@ChrisBuryNews) June 1, 2018
FWIW, there doesn’t seem to be any major hypocrisy on Pirro’s part as they were the only two Blagojevich tweets we found:
@KathyRushford Which Gov are you talking about? No, they can't. I think Blagojevich learned that the hard way.
— Jeanine Pirro (@JudgeJeanine) December 14, 2011
And Blagojevich sentenced to 14 years.
— Jeanine Pirro (@JudgeJeanine) December 7, 2011
President Trump, then TV-star Trump, weighed in himself back in 2012 calling the sentence “outrageous” (From back before we had 280 characters):
“It’s outrageous that Blagojevich goes to jail for 14 years when killers and sex offenders are out walking the streets. Is this justice…I don’t think so.”
It's outrageous that Blagojevich goes to jail for 14 years when killers and sex offenders are out walking the (cont) http://t.co/O1FbaiGG
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 15, 2012
This past tweet is exactly the same sentiment Trump shared with reporters on Air Force One:
I am seriously thinking about not pardoning but I am seriously thinking of a curtailment of Blagojevich
Reporter provides the word commutation.
Because what he did does not justify 18 years in a jail. If you read his statement it was a foolish statement there was a lot of bravado but it does not .. plenty of other politicians have said a lot worse. And it doesnt, he shouldn’t have been put in jail.
Take his tweets seriously and sometimes literally?
Should've seen it coming –> https://t.co/FsuMFfl3aw
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) May 31, 2018
And hopefully this puts an end to the 4D-chess narrative that Trump would do it to get even at the FBI and Comey:
Very curious who is connecting the dots for him here. It's like he's working through a list trying to undo cases brought by either Comey or Comey's friends (Blago would be the second Pat Fitzgerald case). https://t.co/A7CgVNkieT
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) May 31, 2018
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Related:
Donald Trump reportedly considering another pardon and a commutation (Hint: Kim Kardashian hardest hit) https://t.co/8pfZhWZ3T8
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 31, 2018
WHOOPS! Chris Hayes' jab at Trump's pardons accidentally KNOCKS OUT Bill Clinton https://t.co/bROVPsZEdF
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 31, 2018
ICYMI ==> THUD: WaPo fact checker rushes to sound alarm about Trump pardons, trips HARD over Obama https://t.co/fA3EPxu0uF
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 31, 2018
'This is your FINAL warning.' DBAG Tom Arnold threatens Kristy Swanson for celebrating D'Souza's pardon https://t.co/Wj2APK7eUy
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 31, 2018
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