The pardon was the latest overture between the president and the former governor, who is still known in Chicago simply as ...

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

Aaron Del Mar, while speaking at a Lincoln Day Dinner in Lincoln, Illinois, hosted by the Logan County Republicans, suggested ...

The ex-governor said he and the president were victims of 'lawfare' and didn't address rumors that he's being considered for ...

President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, whose prison sentence on corruption charges ...

Trump's pardon for the former Illinois Governor comes just shy of five years after he commuted Blagojevich's 14-year prison ...

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says he's “profoundly grateful” after President Donald Trump pardoned him on political ...

Blagojevich was convicted on corruption charges for trying to sell a Senate seat once held by President Obama. Trump commuted ...

During Monday’s Oval Office pardon, Trump rejected the idea he would assign Blagojevich as ambassador to Serbia (a growing consideration according to Politco ). Still, he noted an openness to the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WILX) - Another body of water is getting a new name - at least according to Illinois. In a social media post, Governor JB Pritzker announced the changes come after decades of ...

Blagojevich was commuted after serving nearly eight of his 14-year sentence in February 2020, during President Trump's first presidency.