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Trump Says He's Mulling Commutation for Ex-Illinois Governor Blagojevich

Associated Press

   WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says he's "very strongly"
   considering commuting the sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod
   Blagojevich, who is serving a 14-year prison term on multiple federal
   corruption convictions.

   Trump suggested more than a year ago that he was considering a
   commutation for Blagojevich, who then filed paperwork requesting a
   commutation.

   The Republican president told reporters Wednesday night while returning
   to Washington aboard Air Force One that he thought Blagojevich, a
   Democrat, had been treated "unbelievably unfairly."

   Trump says he's taking into consideration Blagojevich's wife and
   children and what was, in his view, mere braggadocio.

   Blagojevich entered federal prison in 2012.

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