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PARDON ME

Trump pardons favor the celeb-connected, conservative causes

In this March 5, 2004 file photo, Martha Stewart leaves Manhattan Federal Court after guilty verdicts in her federal stock fraud trial in New York.
Associated Press
By JILL COLVIN and DAR- and former Illinois Gov. Rod with his presidential pardon ly drawn to cases where he was seriously considering
LENE SUPERVILLE Blagojevich, among “lots” power, and a move that believes there was a politi- commuting the sentence
Associated Press of other people. makes ever clearer that, cal motivation to the pros- of Blagojevich, the Demo-
WASHINGTON (AP) — “What they did to him was in the Trump administra- ecutions — a situation that cratic former governor serv-
President Donald Trump horrible,” Trump told report- tion, the odds of a pardon may remind him of his own ing a 14-year prison sen-
on Thursday pardoned a ers, speaking of his decision have heavily favored those predicament at the center tence on numerous counts
conservative commenta- to clear the name of Dinesh with a celebrity backer, of special counsel Robert of corruption, including try-
tor he claims “was treated D’Souza, who had pleaded those who have become a Mueller’s investigation into ing to sell the U.S. Senate
very unfairly by our govern- guilty to campaign finance cause celebre among con- Russian election meddling, seat that was vacated by
ment!” and announced fraud. It was the latest ex- servatives and those with a which he insists is nothing Barack Obama.
he’s thinking about clem- ample of Trump trying to reality TV connection. but a “witch hunt.”
ency for Martha Stewart right a perceived wrong Trump has been particular- On Thursday, Trump said he Continued on Page 3