JUAN CARLOS LÓPEZ, CNNEE: Among the two names announced today, which perhaps have generated the most interest, let’s begin with Oscar López Rivera from Puerto Rico.
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He was sought since 1976 for a terrorist attack in New York that killed four people and left 60 dead (sic) wounded.
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President Obama’s decision, then, reduces his prison sentence from 70 years
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The sentence is shortened by 7 years
2/28/2020
LÓPEZ: President Trump heads to California, but before boarding the presidential aircraft he announced pardons and commutations for 11 individuals, including associates of his personal attorney Rudy Guiliani.
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IONE MOLINARES, CNNEE: That’s a total of seven pardons, Juan Carlos, and four commutations- this is a practice that presidents normally set off for the end of their terms, precisely because they are controversial and because presidents just don’t like having to answer for these highly controversial decisions.
What happens with the president is that he did, in fact, take a shine to that presidential power from very early on, and from then on he went forward with the idea of pushing all these pardons and commutations, and this time doing so in the midst of a presidential campaign, Juan Carlos.
LÓPEZ: What’s interesting here is that both Republicans and Democrats rejected Blagojevich’s pardon.
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But that's how he’s draining the swamp.