Five years after his release from prison, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich still isn’t letting go of his conviction—and ...

President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned former Democratic Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, five years after commuting his 14-year sentence for political corruption charges.

Blagojevich was convicted on corruption charges for trying to sell a Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama. Trump commuted the former governor's sentence in 2020.

Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich says he is "profoundly grateful" to President Donald Trump for pardoning him. Blagojevich spent nearly eight years in prison on corruption charges ...

President Donald Trump on Monday granted a full and unconditional pardon to Rod Blagojevich, the disgraced former governor of Illinois who was convicted on multiple charges of corruption in 2011 ...

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich speaks to reporters before entering his home in Ravenswood Monday. President Donald Trump pardoned the former governor Monday. Pat Nabong/Sun-Times Share ...

Unlike the commutation, which left intact Blagojevich’s federal conviction, the Trump presidential pardon wipes clean the criminal slate of the only Illinois governor to be impeached and ...

Imagine Chicago and Illinois without an effective local U.S. attorney’s office over the years. Michael Madigan, we believe, still would be Illinois House speaker. Ed Burke likely would be preening ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump issued a full and unconditional pardon to Rod Blagojevich Monday, after commuting the Democratic former Illinois governor’s 14-year sentence for political ...

CHICAGO (CBS) — President Trump officially issued a pardon to former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich Monday, a White House official confirmed to CBS News. The development was first reported by ...