The inside story of how a kosher meat kingpin won clemency under President Trump
Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds.
Washington It was presented as a bipartisan slam dunk; that rarest of moments when President Donald Trump was apparently swayed by letters of support from over 30 members of Congress, including his nemesis, then-House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, as well as dozens of legal experts. Now-Attorney General William Barr was on board with the decision. Pugnacious pundit and defense attorney Alan Dershowitz publicly took credit for persuading the President.
That was the tenor of the official story the White House rolled out in December 2017, announcing the Presidential commutation of the sentence of Sholom Rubashkin, the former CEO of America's largest kosher meat processing plant who was convicted in 2009 of a series of fraud charges. Rubashkin's legal troubles began in 2008, when a federal immigration raid, similar to the one just completed across Mississippi, discovered nearly 400 undocumented workers at his plant in Iowa.
Trump discusses commuting Rod Blagojevich's sentence 01:49Rubashkin's undoing When US Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided Rubashkin's plant, Agriprocessors in Postville, Iowa, it was one of the biggest immigration raids at the time. In the aftermath, the picture that emerged in court papers was of a chaotically run business. Reports around the trial noted that Rubashkin had used $300,000 of company money to pay his credit card bills and $200,000 on a home renovation.
México Últimas Noticias, México Titulares
Similar News:También puedes leer noticias similares a ésta que hemos recopilado de otras fuentes de noticias.
Republican Group Attacks Trump, McConnell In New Ad Running On Fox NewsThe spot warns about the election security threat and urges the Senate to act.
Leer más »
Donald Trump Jr. compares Joaquin Castro's Trump donors list to Dayton shooter's 'kill list'Donald Trump Jr. told 'Fox & Friends' that the list of Trump 2020 donors tweeted by Rep. Joaquin Castro 'screams of' the Dayton shooter Connor Betts' 'kill list.'
Leer más »
Beto O'Rourke calls Trump a white supremacist, Trump mocks his Hispanic nicknameBeto O'Rourke in El Paso: 'We live in a country that is not safe, that refuses to pass laws to end gun violence...a president who demonizes communities like this one, who vilifies immigrants, who says that those from Mexico are rapists and criminals'
Leer más »
Killer Mike reflects on Trump, Baltimore, ‘drug war reparations’ and Bernie SandersAs marijuana becomes increasingly legal throughout the U.S. for recreational and medicinal purposes, Killer Mike says black Americans deserve their fair share of the industry as reparations for the war on drugs.
Leer más »
Biden rips Trump: 'This president has fanned the flames of white supremacy'The former vice president tore into the president in a blistering speech on Wednesday, accusing him of promoting the type of racism that appears to have inspired the suspected mass shooter in El Paso.
Leer más »
Would Trump support a bill that let law enforcement monitor white nationalists—and Antifa?Some lawmakers are calling for a new Patriot Act with a focus on far-right hate crimes. The president wants Antifa in the mix.
Leer más »