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Trump’s Pardons of Rod Blagojevich and Others Meant to Convince America Corruption Is OK
Barbara McQuade – NBC News, 2 Mar 2020

20 Feb 2020 – The list of 11 lucky Americans granted clemency read like a who’s who of the rich and the famous — former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, former San Francisco 49ers owner Eddie DeBartolo Jr., Wall Street financier Michael Milken and former New York City police Commissioner Bernard Kerik among them. Many of the offenders who received pardons or commutations of their sentences were convicted of crimes relating to fraud and corruption.