Trump pardons former governor jailed for corruption

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U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned Rod Blagojevich, a former Illinois governor whose jail sentence for corruption he commuted five years ago during his first term.Democrat Blagojevich was removed from his governor's post in 2009 and later convicted of essentially selling the Senate seat ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned Rod Blagojevich, a former Illinois governor whose jail sentence for corruption he commuted five years ago during his first term.

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I think he is explicitly and for no other purpose pardoning and showing favor to overtly corrupt people (like his DOJ withdrawing charges against NYC mayor Adams), because those are the people he wants in positions of control regardless of party. It may seem like, "what is he even doing paying attention to this Democrat from years ago," but it's a signal to everyone that as long as they swear fealty, they will be allowed to exercise unchecked power and self-interest.
It fits into the J6 pardons as well. It also is (surprise, surprise) exactly how Russia operates.
- this fits a lot of the evidence. It's such obvious pantomime - like screaming and jumping up and down yelling "WE ARE GOING TO CRIME A LOT" when you read the news every day.
  For example: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/10/trump-doj-foreign-corrupt-practices-act-pause.html
- They have also both been publicly glazing him since.

So, Trump is pardoning corrupt Dems, and throwing staunch GOPs like John Bolton under the bus.
- He's normalizing corruption. He doesn't think it should be prohibited for people to misuse their office to provide political favors.
  
  Make it make sense, make it go away. Make more Luigis.

Lol that's fucking hilarious

The pardoning circus continues, with the ringmaster rewarding his loyal clowns. Blagojevich’s corruption was so brazen it’d make a mob boss blush—selling a Senate seat like a discount timeshare. Yet here we are, watching political patronage masquerade as justice.
This isn’t about “clemency”; it’s about consolidating power. The same hand that freed J6 rioters—domestic terrorists by any sane metric—now scrubs a Democrat’s record. Bipartisan corruption at its finest, proving the swamp wasn’t drained—it was privatized.
Media outrage? Predictable. But let’s not pretend the propaganda mills aren’t feasting on this. Democracy’s autopsy report will cite “death by a thousand pardons.” Meanwhile, the electorate scrolls, numbed by the endless spectacle.

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