On Tuesday, President Trump commuted the sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who’s been serving time in Colorado prison.
Trump also pardoned former NYPD commissioner Bernie Kerik and granted clemency to financier Michael Milken.
As Democratic presidential candidates did battle this week in New Hampshire, Mike Bloomberg zipped ahead to focus on Super Tuesday states.
On the other side of the aisle, President Donald Trump took some flak from former chief of staff John Kelly over the removal of Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman from the White House. Vindman testified in the House impeachment proceedings.
It’s been a big week for President Donald Trump.
Last Tuesday he delivered a State of the Union address that included a Presidential Medal of Freedom for Rush Limbaugh and Nancy Pelosi ripping up a ceremonial copy of the speech.
The next day he was acquitted of impeachment charges by a GOP-controlled Senate and he subsequently removed a number of employees who testified as part of the House investigation from the White House.
And then this week his longtime ally, Roger Stone, caught a break when DOJ officials decided to step in and reduce their recommended sentence, prompting all four trial attorneys to resign or withdraw from the case.
