{"id":278610,"date":"2026-09-04T02:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T02:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/278610\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T02:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T02:26:08","slug":"president-trump-commutes-sentence-of-former-ibew-boss-john-dougherty-lawyer-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/278610\/","title":{"rendered":"President Trump commutes sentence of former IBEW boss John Dougherty, lawyer says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) &#8212; Convicted former Philadelphia labor leader <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/post\/fmr-ibew-local-98-labor-leader-john-dougherty\/15051422\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">John &#8220;Johnny Doc&#8221; Dougherty<\/a> could soon be released from prison after President Donald Trump reportedly signed a commutation of his sentence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The commutation was signed Thursday, according to Dougherty&#8217;s attorney, George Bochetto.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">RELATED | <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/post\/john-dougherty-convicted-johnny-doc-conviction-philadelphia-union-boss-philly-labor-leader\/14151463\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fmr. Philadelphia labor leader John Dougherty convicted of embezzling $650,000 from union <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">As of Thursday evening, the U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Pardon Attorney website had not yet reflected any change in Dougherty&#8217;s sentence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Dougherty was <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/post\/fmr-ibew-local-98-labor-leader-john-dougherty\/15051422\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sentenced in 2024<\/a> to six years in federal prison after being convicted of bribing a Philadelphia City Council member and stealing nearly $600,000 from the labor union he led for nearly three decades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">It was not immediately clear when Dougherty could be released from custody.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Dougherty led Local 98 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers for nearly three decades before his conviction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">In 2021, <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/post\/jury-deliberations-bobby-henon-johnny-dougherty-philadelphia-trial\/11239124\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dougherty was convicted on bribery charges<\/a> in a separate trial, along with former city councilmember Bobby Henon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Stay with Action News as we continue to follow this developing story.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) &#8212; Convicted former Philadelphia labor leader John &#8220;Johnny Doc&#8221; Dougherty could soon be released from prison&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278611,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116627,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-278610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-116627","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}