Trump says he's considering commutation for Blagojevich
White House,Rod Blagojevich,Illinois,Politics
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President Donald Trump says he's "very strongly" considering commuting the sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (blah-GOY'-uh-vich), who is serving a 14-year prison term for multiple federal corruption convictions.
Trump suggested more than a year ago that he was considering a commutation for Blagojevich, who then filed paperwork requesting one.
The Republican president told reporters Wednesday night while returning to Washington that he thought Blagojevich, a Democrat, had been treated "unbelievably unfairly."
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