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12-21-2017, 06:28 AM
If this is another win for rising White House star Jared Kushner (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?517638-Trump-s-son-in-law-Jared-Kushner-questioned-over-1-15bn-mortgage&), impressive accomplishment:
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
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President Donald Trump on Wednesday commuted the prison sentence of former Iowa slaughterhouse executive Sholom Rubashkin (https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2017/01/26/judge-denies-rubashkin-path-shorten-sentence/96686932/), 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.
Rubashkin has enjoyed support from his community of Chabad-Lubavitch Jews. After the White House announced the commute, some Orthodox Jews, including outgoing New York City Council member David Greenfield, called the news a Chanukah miracle.
"After years of getting railroaded by the legal system, Sholom Rubashkin is finally going home thanks to (President Trump)," Greenfield, a Democrat who represented the neighborhood where members of Rubashkin's family live, said in a statement on Twitter.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2017/12/20/president-trump-commutes-sentence-sholom-rubashkin-ex-iowa-slaughterhouse-executive/971291001
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Chabadniks Rejoice as Trump Commutes Sentence of Sholom Rubashkin
By David Israel
December 21, 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDmDDj8Id4Y
On Wednesday, students at Chabad yeshivas everywhere burst in song and dance after the White House had announced that President Donald Trump commuted the prison sentence of Sholom Rubashkin
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
https://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/965daa73d89321eac35605af40ca72c9a4d18362/c=0-0-1700-1278&r=x404&c=534x401/local/-/media/2016/05/19/IAGroup/DesMoines/635992478566077590-m1031rubashkin.2hb.jpgBuy Photo
(Photo: Register file photo)
President Donald Trump on Wednesday commuted the prison sentence of former Iowa slaughterhouse executive Sholom Rubashkin (https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2017/01/26/judge-denies-rubashkin-path-shorten-sentence/96686932/), 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.
Rubashkin has enjoyed support from his community of Chabad-Lubavitch Jews. After the White House announced the commute, some Orthodox Jews, including outgoing New York City Council member David Greenfield, called the news a Chanukah miracle.
"After years of getting railroaded by the legal system, Sholom Rubashkin is finally going home thanks to (President Trump)," Greenfield, a Democrat who represented the neighborhood where members of Rubashkin's family live, said in a statement on Twitter.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2017/12/20/president-trump-commutes-sentence-sholom-rubashkin-ex-iowa-slaughterhouse-executive/971291001
Related
Kushner Foundation Gives $342K to Chabad
https://forward.com/news/359482/kushner-foundation-gives-342k-to-chabad-still-surprised-about-jared-and-iva/
Chabadniks Rejoice as Trump Commutes Sentence of Sholom Rubashkin
By David Israel
December 21, 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDmDDj8Id4Y
On Wednesday, students at Chabad yeshivas everywhere burst in song and dance after the White House had announced that President Donald Trump commuted the prison sentence of Sholom Rubashkin