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47of74

(18,470 posts) Wed Dec 20, 2017, 07:03 PM Dec 2017

Orange Julius commuted sentence of former executive

Ugh

President Donald Trump has commuted the prison sentence of an Iowa kosher meatpacking executive who was sentence to 27 years in prison for money laundering.

The commutation is Trump's first in office and comes following the encouragement of multiple members of congress and other high-ranking officials who argued the sentence was too harsh.

Sholom Rubashkin ran the Iowa headquarters of a family business that was the country's largest kosher meat-processing company.

Money launderers of a feather stick together.

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Orange Julius commuted sentence of former executive (Original Post) 47of74 Dec 2017 OP

federal authorities raided the plant and arrested 389 illegal immigrants in 2008. riversedge Dec 2017 #1

Hey, money launders have to stick together RandomAccess Dec 2017 #2

27 years for just money laundering? Lokilooney Dec 2017 #3

riversedge

(73,707 posts)

1. federal authorities raided the plant and arrested 389 illegal immigrants in 2008.

Reply to 47of74 (Original post)

Wed Dec 20, 2017, 07:18 PM

Dec 2017

Wonder if Trump ignored this fact???

..........Rubashkin was convicted in 2009 of financial fraud for bilking the plant's bank by submitting fake invoices that made the company's finances appear healthier than they were so that it could borrow more. His prosecution came after federal authorities raided the plant and arrested 389 illegal immigrants in 2008.

He has served more than eight years of his sentence.

RandomAccess

(5,210 posts)

2. Hey, money launders have to stick together

Reply to 47of74 (Original post)

Wed Dec 20, 2017, 07:59 PM

Dec 2017

that's really sick, and I hope Mueller takes it into account.

Lokilooney

(322 posts)

3. 27 years for just money laundering?

Reply to 47of74 (Original post)

Wed Dec 20, 2017, 09:07 PM

Dec 2017

I would actually have to agree with those members of congress and high-ranking officials, it would be interesting to know who they are though.

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