Trump's decision to commute Blagojevich's sentence was met with bipartisan criticism in Illinois. Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker ...

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

Blagojevich was convicted in 2011 on charges that included seeking to sell an appointment to then-President Barack Obama’s old Senate seat and trying to shake down a children’s hospital. Blagojevich ...

Trump announced he's pardoning Rod Blagojevich, the former Illinois governor who was sentenced to 14 years in prison before ...

Hundreds of requests for pardons and clemency petitions for federal convictions are filed each year, but usually just a few result in a presidential pardon or commutation of sentence. Recent ...

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.

President Donald Trump has pardoned former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, a Democrat who served eight years in prison ...

The message to politicians convicted or accused of corruption couldn’t be clearer: You have a friend in the Oval Office.

President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, a Democrat and former contestant on ...

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

Discover the details behind Donald Trump's full pardon of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and his controversial ...

World: "It’s my honor to do it. I’ve watched him. He was set up by a lot of bad people," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Monday, after signing his pardon.