Trump says he's considering pardoning Blago

“I’ve got this thing and it’s 

fucking golden."

On this issue, I'm not on the same side as the president. Chicago and the of Illinois are being drowned by corruption. The only cure I can thinks of are long sentences such as the one Blago received for his crimes--or even better, very long ones such as the one that disgraced former mayor of Detroit, Kwame Kilpatrick, is currently serving.

From Fox Chicago:

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he's considering commuting the sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was convicted of corruption, and pardoning lifestyle maven Martha Stewart, who did a stint in federal prison after she was convicted of charges related to a stock sale.

Hours earlier, Trump said on Twitter that he will pardon conservative commentator and Obama critic Dinesh D'Souza, who pleaded guilty to campaign finance fraud.

As he left Washington to fly to Texas, Trump tweeted: "Will be giving a Full Pardon to Dinesh D'Souza today. He was treated very unfairly by our government!" D'Souza, an outspoken critic of former President Barack Obama, had claimed that his prosecution by the Obama Justice Department was politically motivated, but the presiding federal judge said D'Souza had failed to prove it.

Trump later shared with reporters aboard Air Force One his thoughts on Blagojevich and Stewart.

Blago is currently serving a 14-year-prison sentence in a Colorado federal prison, for attempting to sell, what he called "fucking golden," Barack Obama's US Senate seat, among other crimes.

One of the apparent bidders was former US Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr, who later went to prison for campaign finance fraud.