Former Republican Tennessee state Sen. Brian Kelsey, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate campaign finance law, was ...

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

President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich helps correct an injustice and is a proper use of the president’s pardon power. Blagojevich was a rare Illinois ...

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.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Prosecutors in the Justice Department section that handles public corruption cases have been told the unit will be significantly reduced in size, and its cases will be transferred to ...

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 ...

Good Tuesday morning, Illinois. Enjoy today’s flurries before the real snow hits this week. In signing the pardon, Trump called Blagojevich “a very nice person” with a “fantastic wife [who ...

SPRINGFIELD — Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich only received one vote in his defense when he was impeached by the Illinois House and removed from office by the Senate in 2009 following his indictment ...

Former Illinois House Republican Leader Jim Durkin said he's disappointed, but not surprised. "With this administration, whether you're a January 6th defendant, and now you have a Rod Blagojevich ...

Blagojevich, the former Democratic governor of Illinois who was convicted of corruption in 2011 in a scheme to sell a Senate seat being vacated by Barack Obama. “It’s my honor to do it,” Mr ...

President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was sent to prison on corruption charges surrounding his time in office. Signing the pardon in the Oval Office ...