Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Wednesday thanked President Trump for commuting his sentence, calling Trump a 'problem-solver' and referring to himself as a 'Trump-ocrat.'
Washington Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Wednesday thanked President Donald Trump for commuting his sentence, saying he is"tough and outspoken but also has a kind heart."
"We want to express our most profound and everlasting gratitude to President Trump. How do you properly a thank someone who has given you back the freedom that was stolen from you, he doesn't have to do this," Blagojevich said in a press conference outside his Chicago home with his wife and two daughters at his side."He's a Republican president, I was Democratic governor and doing this does nothing to help his politics.
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