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

Blagojevich was a rare Illinois politician who never took a bribe, gift or loan from any supporter, and he never took a penny from his campaign fund. His main achievements as governor — the All ...

Blagojevich, 68, has never applied for a pension and has not asked for a refund of the $101,000 he contributed during his years as a state lawmaker and governor, Blair said. Blagojevich, however ...

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 ...

America and Serbia deserve better." The man who succeeded Blagojevich as governor is calling the pardon disappointment for the people of Illinois. Former Gov. Pat Quinn is joining a list of those ...

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 ...

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is one of the latest people to receive a pardon from President Donald Trump. This comes five years after Trump commuted the governor’s 14-year sentence in 2020.

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.

a Democrat who voted for Blagojevich's impeachment when she served in the Illinois House, said the former governor was "unworthy" of a pardon. Treasurer Mike Frerichs, a Democrat, voted to ...

Throughout Rod Blagojevich’s race against my late mother, Judy Baar Topinka, for the post of Illinois governor in 2005, campaign advertisements would state, “What is she thinking?” ...

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 ...

Back in early 2009, Chicago’s storied Second City comedy theater created a satirical musical spoof of a former governor of Illinois, “Rod Blagojevich, Superstar.” “My party, my party ...