Johnny 'Doc' Dougherty's prison term cut short by Trump commutation

Right now we've learned that former Philadelphia labor leader John Doherty, better known as Johnny Dock, convicted of theft and bribery, will be released from prison early. His sentence commuted by President Donald Trump. And Dawn, you spoke with Doherty's lawyer about this. What did he have to say? Well, Sheba, John Doherty's lawyer calling the commutation, cutting his client's prison sentence short, a miracle of compassion, not for the benefit of Johnny Dock, but for his very ill wife. John Doherty's wife, Celia, is in such desperate need of her husband to stand by her, to care for her. Nobody knows her needs better and nobody can care for her better than Johnny Dock. Attorney George Becketto confirming President Donald Trump is commuting convicted former IBEW labor leader Johnny Dock's six-year prison sentence for more than a year. He says Doherty has been petitioning to be released on house arrest to care for his gravely ill wife. But a U.S. district judge has continually denied that request. Let's not forget, John Doherty was an icon of democratic politics in Pennsylvania and Philadelphia. Donald Trump's a Republican. So it really shows you that politics can sometimes be transcended when it's the right thing to do. Doherty was sentenced to six years in prison after being convicted of embezzling approximately $600,000 from local 98 and in a separate trial of bribing a Philadelphia City Council member. He reported to prison in October of 2024. So John Doherty serving just shy of two years of his six-year prison sentence, Doherty's attorney says his client could be released from the federal penitentiary in Louisburg late tonight or sometime tomorrow. He says Doherty will be taken straight to his wife Cecilia's side.