President Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of John "Johnny Doc" Dougherty, a former union business manager, his attorney George Bochetto confirmed to The Philadelphia Inquirer.
The commutation, signed Thursday, will reportedly release Dougherty from owing approximately $1.6 million in restitution and will allow him to resume his life without monitoring or house arrest, Bochetto told the newspaper.
"President Trump has signed a commutation so that Johnny Doc can be released from prison to take care of his gravely ill wife, Cecilia Dougherty," Bochetto said, according to CBS News Philadelphia.
Dougherty was sentenced in 2024 to six years in prison in connection with embezzling union funds and for payments made to a Philadelphia City Council member. At the time of the sentencing, then-U.S. Attorney Jacqueline Romero stated that Dougherty had presented himself as a champion of union electricians while simultaneously defrauding them and engaging in a corrupt quid pro quo with a city official.
"Our city and its workers deserve so much better than union bosses and politicians whose true priority is looking out for number one," Romero, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, said in a statement following the sentencing. "I want to thank all of the investigators, analysts, prosecutors, and staff who partnered on this case, and, in doing so, stood up for integrity and the rule of law in Philadelphia."