Trump frees Blagojevich in clemency blitz

Updated February 19 2020 - 6:53am, first published 6:51am
Former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich has had his prison sentence commuted by the US president.
Former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich has had his prison sentence commuted by the US president.

US President Donald Trump has gone on a clemency blitz, commuting the 14-year prison sentence of former Illinois Democratic Governor Rod Blagojevich and pardoning former NYPD commissioner Bernie Kerik among a long list of others.