CHICAGO (WLS) -- Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has been released from prison hours after President Donald Trump commuted his 14-year prison sentence Tuesday. The 63-year-old has been ...

CHICAGO — Rod Blagojevich, the ousted Illinois governor whose three-year battle against criminal charges became a national spectacle, was sentenced to 14 years in prison Wednesday, one of the ...

After Rod Blagojevich — the former Illinois governor who was released from prison yesterday after his sentence on corruption charges was commuted — thanked President Trump and his family ...

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says he still has nightmares about his years in federal prison. He continues to insist he was framed and calls his prosecution corrupt. Blagojevich is writing ...

Rod Blagojevich. Pritzker spokeswoman Jordan Abudayyeh released the following statement Thursday afternoon: "The governor has said he believes the former governor is in prison, where he belongs.

A federal judge imposed the same 14-year prison sentence on Rod Blagojevich despite pleas for mercy from the former governor, his wife and two daughters. U.S. District Judge James Zagel said ...

It was set for the same location — outside Mr. Blagojevich’s Chicago home — where he had appeared in 2012 on the day he left for prison. If the rest of the world has forgotten about Rod ...

Rod Blagojevich, who served eight years in prison on corruption charges until Trump commuted his sentence in 2020. “It’s my honor to do it. I’ve watched him. He was set up by a lot of bad ...

But Rod Blagojevich ... jury found Blagojevich guilty on 17 felony counts, including wire fraud, conspiracy and attempted extortion. Two years later, he began a fourteen-year prison sentence ...

The inmates started a band, which they named “G Rod and the Jailhouse Rockers.” The members rehearsed in the prison’s music room. “We worked at music every day we could,” Blagojevich says.

Rod Blagojevich, five years after commuting his 14-year sentence for political corruption charges. Blagojevich, a former "Celebrity Apprentice" contestant, served eight years in prison on charges ...