- Trump is incorrect – attorney general is chief law enforcement officer
- Trump approves two more pardons, Rod Blagojevich and Bernard Kerik
- Bloomberg has qualified for Wednesday’s Democratic debate
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The mayor of Chicago said Donald Trump’s decision to commute the sentence of the former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, “sends the wrong message”.
Blagojevich has served seven years in prison on corruption charges. He was caught on tape trying to sell a US Senate seat. Lori Lightfoot, the mayor of Chicago said that commuting Blagojevich’s sentence “would be controversial under any president, but President Trump embodies the worst in public leadership through his brazen disrespect for the rule of law and good governance”.
Commuting former Gov. Blagojevich’s sentence would be controversial under any president, but President Trump embodies the worst in public leadership through his brazen disrespect for the rule of law and good governance. Given his track record, this action sends the wrong message. https://t.co/IWtNznqLFl
Oddly, though the NBC/WSJ poll asked voters to weigh in on a theoretical race between Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg, Mike Bloomberg and Amy Klobuchar, it didn’t test a matchup between the president and Elizabeth Warren.
Warren ranked fourth among voters who participated in the same poll, above Buttigieg and Klobuchar.
Does NBC/WSJ poll have a hotline number where I can report a missing woman? https://t.co/2b5fdxx7YY
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