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Days after two mass shootings, on his return flight from visiting victims in both cities, Donald Trump chose to speak to reporters not about gun laws, not about the threat of white supremacy, but about disgraced former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich: nytimes.com/2019/08/08/us/…
Per @MaggieNYT: Jared Kushner had suggested Blagojevich be pardoned, but it appears Trump will commute his sentence instead.
The difference between pardon and a commutation, courtesy of @gregorykorte: “While a pardon removes all consequences of a conviction, a commutation is a narrower grant of mercy used to shorten a prison sentence while leaving the conviction intact.” usatoday.com/story/news/pol…
