Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, a Democrat and former contestant on "The Celebrity Apprentice", who was convicted of corruption for trying to sell former President Barack Obama's vacated ...

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.

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 ...

US President Donald Trump pardoned former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, a Democrat who served eight years in prison in a corruption case. Earlier also, his sentence was cut short by Trump during ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File) US President Donald Trump has granted a full pardon to Rod Blagojevich, the former Democratic governor of Illinois. Blagojevich was convicted in 2011 on ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump on Monday granted a full pardon to former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was convicted on 18 corruption counts, including for his attempt to sell President-elect Barack ...