Sen. Richard J. Durbin, the second-ranking Senate Democrat, said Monday that he would support a move by President Trump to commute the prison sentence of former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich. “I think that the sentence imposed on Rod Blagojevich was definitely way too long,” Durbin told reporters in Chicago. “I’ll let President Trump make that decision, but I certainly think 14 years was entirely too long.”Blagojevich, 61, is not due to be released from prison until May 2024. “It’s time for Rod Blagojevich to come home to his wife and daughters,” Goodman said. Durbin is not the only Democrat to question the length of Blagojevich’s sentence.

Source: Washington Post June 04, 2018 18:29 UTC