Hanson commutation met with criticism

A prosecutor who was among the first to see the cracks in Hunter Hanson's North Dakota grain trading scheme says it's "ridiculous" that President Joe Biden has commuted Hanson's sentence on wire fraud and money laundering charges.

"It's ridiculous," McLean County State's Attorney Ladd Erickson said. "It doesn't make any sense."

Hanson, now 27, was a grain trader who authorities determined was runn...