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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBlago Is Trying To Get His Sentence Reduced Today With A Hearing Here In Chicago....
I'm wondering if this doesn't happen for him today - will President Obama issue a pardon for Blago when he leaves office?
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Blago Is Trying To Get His Sentence Reduced Today With A Hearing Here In Chicago.... (Original Post)
global1
Aug 2016
OP
Renew Deal
(84,762 posts)1. Don't count on Obama getting involved
mopinko
(73,421 posts)2. i doubt it.
i think he has a good chance of getting a reduction, tho, after several counts were thrown out.
tritsofme
(19,845 posts)3. Why would President Obama ever consider tainting his good name with the stink of that scumbag Blago?
Never in a million years. Blago is a shameless criminal, he can rot.
Brother Buzz
(39,702 posts)4. Trump would pardon Blago in a New York minute, despite.....
firing the jerk on Celebrity Apprentice. Hell, Trump would then appoint the ass Secretary of Smarm, or something.
Chasstev365
(7,381 posts)5. President Obama needs to pardon Don Siegelman above all others
Karl Rove will rot on hell someday!
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)6. Why would Obama pardon him?
There's no reason or upside to do it.
