Story highlights Trump commuted of the sentence of Sholom Rubashkin, 57

The case against Rubashkin started after an immigration raid on a kosher meatpacking company that he owned

(CNN) President Donald Trump commuted the sentence of a man eight years into a 27-year term for bank fraud, the White House said Wednesday afternoon.

Trump's commutation of the sentence of Sholom Rubashkin, 57, marks his first commutation and the second use of his clemency powers since taking office, including his controversial pardon earlier this year of former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

The White House, in its statement announcing the move, claimed bipartisan support for the action.

The case against Rubashkin started after an immigration raid on a kosher meatpacking company that he owned, and his arrest in 2008 by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents resulted in his conviction for financial crimes.

The case drew national attention, and last December a former federal prosecutor and deputy attorney general under President Bill Clinton, Philip Heymann, took to the pages of the The Washington Post to blast Rubashkin's conviction, which he said was "based on perjured testimony and prosecutorial misconduct." adding that more than 100 former Justice Department officials, including former attorneys general, also felt the case against Rubashkin was unjust.

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