washington president donald trump first exercise power commute criminal sentence cut short 27-year prison term kosher meatpacking executive convict eight years ago bank fraud white house say wednesday commutation grant sholom rubashkin 57 mark second time trump invoke clemency authority president follow blanket pardon grant early year joe arpaio former sheriff maricopa county arizona unlike case arpaio judge find guilty contempt case involve racial profile trump late action leave rubashkin conviction intact well term supervise release federal prison obligation make restitution rubashkin convict 2009 86 count financial fraud come light government raid kosher meatpacking plant postville iowa hundreds undocumented immigrant workers arrest rubashkin father 10 chief executive oversee slaughterhouse headquarter family business large kosher meat-processing company unite state u.s. supreme court 2012 refuse hear appeal contest rubashkin sentence lawyers argue excessive first-time non-violent offender lawyers also contend avail entitle new trial base evidence allege judicial misconduct case spark outcry members legal orthodox jewish communities rally rubashkin defense white house statement cite letter support review rubashkin case 30 members congress party include house representatives democratic leader nancy pelosi veteran republican senator orrin hatch trump also point bipartisan expressions support review case 100 former high-ranking u.s. justice department officials prosecutors judge legal scholars white house note criticism rubashkin sentence unusually harsh comparison penalties impose others similar white-collar crimes former enron chief executive jeffrey skilling originally sentence 24 years prison federal judge late shorten term 14 years former ceo tyco international ltd l. dennis kozlowski sentence 8-1/3 25 years prison parole serve eight trump commute fraud sentence kosher meatpacker