Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was unfairly prosecuted for attempting to make a political deal, otherwise known as ...

Rod Blagojevich, the ex-Illinois governor convicted of trying to peddle Barack Obama's vacated U.S. Senate seat, speaks ...

Trump commuted Blagojevich’s 14-year sentence for political corruption charges during his first term. He planned to sign the ...

The Democratic governor was convicted on corruption charges related to filling former President Barack Obama's Senate seat.

Trump commuted Blagojevich’s 14-year sentence in 2020. The former governor had served about 8 years on charges stemming from ...

The pardon was the latest overture between the president and the former governor, who is still known in Chicago simply as ...

President Donald Trump on Monday granted a full pardon to former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was convicted on 18 ...

The former Illinois governor was convicted on multiple charges of corruption in 2011. He served eight years in prison before ...

After former President Donald Trump pardoned ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is making ...

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