WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Sen. Ruben Gallego issued the following press release:
Today, Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Jack Reed (D-RI), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Peter Welch (D-VT), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) demanded answers from President Donald Trump over his decision to commute the sentence of convicted fraudster David Gentile just twelve days into his seven-year prison sentence and erase his $15.5 million restitution obligation to victims.
Last year, a federal jury convicted Gentile of defrauding 17,000 investors of over $1 billion through a multi-year Ponzi scheme, finding him guilty on multiple counts of wire and securities fraud....