Perhaps the most telling moment of the news conference Rod Blagojevich held hours after President Donald Trump granted the disgraced ex-Illinois governor a full pardon came even before he answered ...

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich speaks to reporters before entering his home in Ravenswood on Monday. President Donald Trump pardoned Blagojevich for political corruption charges he commuted ...

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 ...

Find him on Twitter @GabeWhisnant. President Donald Trump pardoned former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich on Monday night, five years after commuting his sentence on corruption charges.

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

President Trump has pardoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was convicted of corruption-related crimes, including trying to sell a U.S. Senate seat vacated by former President Barack Obama.