Opinion: Trump’s pardons demonstrate his belief that white-collar crime isn’t real crime

Associated Press Financier Michael Milken Presidents have an unlimited supply of “Get Out of Jail Free” cards. Donald Trump handed out a bunch of them Tuesday, pardoning or commuting the sentences of a slew of big name felons. There was Rod Blagojevich, an ex-governor of Illinois who (and proud alum of “Celebrity Apprentice”) who solicited bribes to fill political offices, most notoriously the Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama after he was elected to the presidency in 2008. Trump also pardoned Bernard Kerik, the former New York police commissioner, who pleaded guilty in 2009 to eight federal crimes, including tax fraud. He also pleaded guilty to accepting tens of thousands of dollars in...