“President Donald Trump went on a clemency blitz Tuesday, commuting former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s 14-year prison sentence and pardoning former New York City police commissioner Bernie Kerik… [along with] financier Michael Milken, the ‘junk bond king’ who served two years in prison in the early 1990s after pleading guilty to violating U.S. securities laws, and Edward DeBartolo Jr., the former San Francisco 49ers owner convicted in a gambling fraud scandal.” (AP News)
The left is critical of the pardons and worries about their impact on efforts to combat corruption.
The right is critical of the Blagojevich commutation but supportive of that for Milken.