1 day ago · President Donald Trump has signed an executive order pardoning Rod Blagojevich, the former Illinois governor who was sentenced to 14 years in prison before Trump commuted his sentence in 2020.

1 day ago · President Trump signed a full pardon on Monday for Rod R. Blagojevich, the former Democratic governor of Illinois who was convicted of corruption in 2011 in a scheme to sell a Senate seat being ...

1 day ago · 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 ...

1 day ago · Trump’s decision to commute Blagojevich’s sentence was met with bipartisan criticism in Illinois. Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker said at the time that Trump “has abused his pardon power in inexplicable ways to reward his friends and condone corruption, and I deeply believe this pardon sends the wrong message at the wrong time.”

1 day ago · Blagojevich served as governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009, when he was impeached and removed from office. He was subsequently convicted on 18 corruption counts across two trials between 2010 and 2011, stemming from, among other things, attempting in late 2008 to sell then-president elect Barack Obama's former Senate seat.

1 day ago · Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was issued a pardon by President Donald Trump on Monday, nearly five years after his sentence was commuted. Blagojevich, convicted of trying to sell the Senate ...

1 day ago · President Donald Trump has pardoned former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, a Democrat who served eight years in prison over corruption charges before it was cut short by Trump during his first ...

1 day ago · Former Illinois governor and convicted felon Rod Blagojevich speaks to the press outside of the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on August 02, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. Blagojevich was at the courthouse to file a lawsuit, claiming the Illinois General Assembly violated his civil rights by removing him from office and then prohibiting him from ...