Washington, United States:
US President Donald Trump on Monday waived Rod Bloggevich, a former Governor of Illinois, who was sentenced to jail for corruption five years ago during his first term. Democrat Bloggevich was removed from the post of his governor in 2009 and later won the US President in 2008.
Trump told reporters, “It was a terrible injustice. They just follow him, they go after a lot of people. These are bad people on the other side,” Trump told reporters that he signed forgiveness in the oval office Did
“I think he is a very good person, and it should not have happened.”
Asked if he was considering considering Bloggevich as an American ambassador in Serbia, as the US media reported, Trump said: “No, but I will do it now. Is.”
Back in 2020, Trump was unclear about his argument to free Bloggevich, who was sentenced to 14 years.
The President said that he once performed with Bloggevich during the TV reality show “The Apprentice” and said he “looked like a very good person,” but said: “I don’t know her very well. “
“He served in eight years in jail. He has a long time to go. Many people disagree with sentence,” Trump told reporters.
Trump has already exercised the widespread powers of the US President to issue forgiveness on several occasions since returning to the White House on 20 January.
On his inauguration evening, he waived some 1,500 people involved in the US capital attack on January 6, 2021, with supporters who tried to overturn his election loss to Biden.
He has forgiven two dozen anti-guests and Ross Albriich, who has provided a drug sale of millions of dollars to the person behind the “Silk Road” online marketplace.
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