(Business Insider)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, President Donald J. Trump commuted the prison sentence of Sholom Rubashkin, the former vice president of an Iowa kosher slaughterhouse that was raided by authorities, and who was convicted in 2009 for fraud and money laundering.
Sholom Rubashkin is a 57-year-old father of 10 children, the White House said in a statement on the sentence commutation. He previously ran the Iowa headquarters of a family business – Agriprocessors – that was the country’s largest kosher meat-processing company. In 2009, he was convicted of bank fraud and sentenced thereafter to 27 years in prison. Mr. Rubashkin has now served more than 8 years of that sentence, which some have called excessive in light of its disparity with sentences imposed for similar crimes.
This action is not a Presidential pardon. It does not vacate Mr. Rubashkin’s conviction, and it leaves in place a term of supervised release and a substantial restitution obligation, which were also part of Mr. Rubashkin’s sentence.
The President’s review of Mr. Rubashkin’s case and commutation decision were based on expressions of support from Members of Congress and a broad cross-section of the legal community. A bipartisan group of more than 100 former high-ranking and distinguished Department of Justice (DOJ) officials, prosecutors, judges, and legal scholars have expressed concerns about the evidentiary proceedings in Mr. Rubashkin’s case and the severity of his sentence. Additionally, more than 30 current Members of Congress have written letters expressing support for review of Mr. Rubashkin’s case.
Is Branstad the chief operations officer for chinese CAFO’s in Iowa – the chinese now control more than 25% of Americas meat industry – more than that in Iowa – Bunch of LARGE CAFO’s being built in the northern section of mitchell county – Is that why the 52 million dollar State gift to alliant was okayed? 24 million more in taxpayer money from worth county taxpayer and 34 million from mitchell county taxpayers – New gas pipeline to these monster CAFO’s ?
What I love about President Trump is his ability to listen to reason. 33 years was excessive and President Trump followed the recommendations of wise council.
People like Bodacious would bitch if she was hanged with a new rope! I would hate to live around someone so negative! What made you so sour anyway?
Trump really loves Israel.
Kosher. lol
He sure is starting early commuting the white collar criminals who steal from the poor to enrich themselves.
At least he is not pardoning drug users, killers and rapist like Ovomit did.
I don’t remember you complaining when your boy bam was freeing all the drug criminals.
I didn’t complain then. But, I did hear you complaining then.