Rod Blagojevich (prounounced bluh-GOY-uh-vitch) was the governor of Illinois when Barack Obama was elected to be president. He's in prison right now, but President Trump just commuted his sentence so he will soon be leaving.
So why was in in prison, in ten tweets or less:
Rod Blagojevich (prounounced bluh-GOY-uh-vitch) was the governor of Illinois when Barack Obama was elected to be president. He's in prison right now, but President Trump just commuted his sentence so he will soon be leaving.
So why was in in prison, in ten tweets or less:
The sentencing judge said, "The abuse of the office of governor is more damaging than the abuse of any other office, except the president’s," and "When it is the governor who goes bad, the fabric of Illinois is torn and disfigured and not easily repaired."
Republicans leaders mostly do not argue whether Trump pressured Ukraine to investigate the Bidens, only why he did it and whether aid was held up specifically to push Ukraine to launch their investigation.
And that’s where we’re at, all in @tentweetsorless.
I keep hearing that this is all very complicated and people are tired. And look, I am also tired, but this is not complicated. This thread is 10 tweets long and it explains everything, and I spent the first one just on set-up.
Democratic leaders think that it looks likely that Trump withheld military aid from an ally to coerce them into announcing an investigation of Joe Biden in order to help him win re-election, which would be a felony, and a sign of significant corruption.