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Prior to election day, Ivanka visited the Tzion of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Can we expect Trump to pardon Rubashkin?
Hope so
Probably better though to wait till the second year in office
Pardons tend to occur after the President’s final election, just before he leaves office.
Will Obama commute his sentence is a more time honored question.
If a president is a decent person, he pardons people who should be pardoned as soon as he can.
Quoting Wikipedia;
On May 12, 2008, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security agents raided the plant and arrested 389 workers who lacked documentation. At that time, it was the largest raid into a workplace in the United States.
On October 30, 2008, one day after the Iowa labor commissioner fined Agriprocessors $10 million for wage violations, Rubashkin was arrested on federal conspiracy charges of harboring illegal immigrants and aiding and abetting aggravated identity theft. Federal officials claimed that Rubashkin intentionally helped illegal workers obtain false documentation. After making an initial court appearance, he was released the same day on $1 million appearance bond after agreeing to wear an ankle monitor that tracks his movement, to limit his travel to northern Iowa, and to surrender his and his wife’s passports.
Considering these facts it’s unlikely that Trump will pardon him.
Rubashkin was railroaded.
I agree 100% that 27 years in jail is way to much time, and is completely anti Semitic. But considering the nature of the crime he is accused of, I don’t think Trump will pardon him.
Rubashkin did not go to prison over the illegal alien issue- those charges were ultimately dropped. He went to prison for bank fraud, supposedly the length of his prison term was proportional to the amount of money involved (although I think the bank actually benefited from the deal and went along willingly). I think in his case the huge publicity and support by the frum community back-fired- the judge wanted to make a point that she could not be influenced by the pressure and made an example of him by giving down a harsh sentence. and anti-semitism played a role as well.
I don’t think Trump would have a problem with shady business practices.
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