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Trump Hints He’ll Pardon Martha Stewart, Commute Rod Blagojevich’s Sentence

HeadlineJun 01, 2018

Trump also signaled he’s preparing to commute the sentence of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, who was sentenced to 14 years in prison on corruption charges that included trying to sell or trade President Obama’s former U.S. Senate seat. And Trump is preparing to pardon TV personality Martha Stewart, who was convicted in 2004 of lying to investigators in an insider trading case. Both Blagojevich and Stewart once starred on Trump’s reality TV show, “Celebrity Apprentice.” Virginia Democratic Senator Mark Warner warned the pardons could be a signal to those indicted by special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. Warner tweeted, “The possibility that he may also be sending a message to witnesses in a criminal investigation into his campaign is extremely dangerous. In the United States of America, no one is above the law.”

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