TRUMP HELPS DEMOCRAT: President Trump Commutes Rod Blagojevich

President Donald Trump says he has commuted the 14-year prison sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Trump on Tuesday told reporters the former governor's sentence was "ridiculous." “He’ll be able to go back home with his family after serving eight years in jail,” Trump said. Blagojevich was serving a 14-year sentence after being convicted of 18 felony corruption charges in 2010, including trying to sell the U.S. Senate seat that was vacated by Barack Obama and trying to shake down a children's hospital. Trump was considering a commutation for Blagojevich last year, but plans were put on hold amid worries over pushback. "Many people disagreed with the sentence," Trump told reporters on Tuesday, before turning to two individuals he's bashed during his time in office. "He's a Democrat, he's not a Republican It was a prosecution by the same people, [James] Comey, [Patrick Fitzgerald], the same group." Trump also expressed sympathy for the former Illinois governor's children. "Very far from his children," Trump said. "They rarely get to see their father outside of an orange uniform. I saw that and I did commute his sentence." The president also sounded off on the harshness of Blagojevich's sentence. "That was a tremendously powerful, ridiculous sentence in my opinion," Trump said.