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President Trump Commutes Sentence of Former Union Leader John Dougherty

President Trump Commutes Sentence of Former Union Leader John Dougherty

Philadelphia, Friday, 4 September 2026.
President Donald Trump has commuted the six-year federal prison sentence of former Philadelphia union leader John ‘Johnny Doc’ Dougherty, granting compassionate release so the Democratic power broker can care for his gravely ill wife.