What do you think about President Trump commuting the sentence of former IL Governor Rod Blagojevich?

This ‘clemency spree’ by Trump is a face-spike-ploy to flaunt his executive powers and a signal to his jailed cohorts to stay strong, he will pardon them.  Trump granted full legal forgiveness to 7 people on Tuesday and shortened sentences of 4 others.  Trump declared he is the “chief law-enforcement officer of the country”.  Since he’s commandeering the judicial department, with William Barr’s help, I guess that’s true enough.  For a president who has claimed to be “very concerned” about corruption in Ukraine and elsewhere, he has pardoned or commuted sentences for a range of despicable characters guilty of serious public corruption, extortion, tax evasion, gambling fraud, perjury, witness tampering, drug charges, and war-criminals; he’s granted 25 pardons & issued 10 commutations thus far.  More troubling than his controversial pardons are his attempted legal-attacks and threats against his perceived enemies.  Trump will definitely pardon Stone, Manafort & Flynn; I fully expect him to pardon Harvey Weinstein, if convicted.

Trish Forsyth Voss