Trump Commutes Sentence of illegal alien employer convicted of bank fraud
William Gheen's statement on this news....
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It is disappointing to learn President Trump is giving a form of Amnesty to employers like Rubashkin who was arrested for fraud and knowingly hiring large numbers of illegal immigrants. This clemency reeks of the same abuse of power Obama exercised on immigration matters and contradicts Trump's campaign promises enforce our existing immigration laws just like his disappointing decision to pursue DACA Amnesty for millions of illegals. Giving millions of illegal aliens and an unscrupulous employer like Rubashkin executive level Amnesty from their crimes is not what Americans voted for in 2016 and makes Trump's campaign promises a type of fraud!
President Trump commutes sentence of Sholom Rubashkin, ex-Iowa slaughterhouse executive
Luke Nozicka, Des Moines Register Published 4:48 p.m. CT Dec. 20, 2017 | Updated 8:48 p.m. CT Dec. 20, 2017
Former Iowa meatpacking executive Sholom Rubashkin had hoped new evidence could shorten his prison sentence for bank fraud and money laundering. Wochit
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President Donald Trump on Wednesday commuted the prison sentence of former Iowa slaughterhouse executive Sholom Rubashkin, who was sentenced to 27 years for bank fraud and money laundering, the White House said.
In a statement, the White House said the decision, which is not a presidential pardon, had bipartisan support from leaders across the political spectrum, such as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-California) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah). Trump's action does not vacate Rubashkin’s conviction and leaves his term of supervised release and a restitution obligation, the White House said.
Rubashkin, a 57-year-old father of 10 children, oversaw operations at Agriprocessors, a large kosher meatpacking plant owned by his father in the northern Iowa town of Postville. The plant was raided by agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in May 2008, leading to the arrests of nearly 400 Mexican and Guatemalan immigrants who were living and working in the country without authorization.
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The raid sparked a chain of events, including Agriprocessors declaring bankruptcy, that led investigators to suspicious invoices and other sales records that Rubashkin faked to make the company appear on better financial footing. Prosecutors accused Rubashkin of using the fake paperwork to continue borrowing on a $35 million line of credit, ultimately resulting in a $27 million loss for a St. Louis-based bank when Agriprocessors went defunct.
Rubashkin was convicted in 2009 and sentenced to 27 years in prison. He has served more than eight years of that sentence.
One of Rubashkin's attorneys, Montgomery Brown, said Rubashkin was released Wednesday from the Federal Correctional Institution in Otisville in New York. His wife picked him up, Brown said Rubashkin's son told him. Rubashkin's family could not be reached for comment Wednesday night.
Another one of Rubashkin's attorney, Guy Cook, praised Trump's commutation, the president's first in office. Cook said Rubashkin “finally received justice" and called the commutation tremendous news for the Rubashkin family, who live Borough Park, a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York.
