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Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was issued a pardon by President Donald Trump, nearly five years after his sentence was commuted. NBC Chicago's Political Reporter Mary Ann Ahern reports.

Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich talks to friends at his Chicago home in February 2020, one day after getting out of prison after having his sentence commuted by President Trump.

Gov Rod Blagojevich throws out the first pitch at the Chicago White Sox home opener on April 4, 2003. When 22 mph winds and a two-hour rain delay arrived shortly thereafter, both the players and ...

Trump pardons Rod Blagojevich, who tried to sell Obama’s vacated Senate seat The former Illinois governor was convicted on multiple charges of corruption in 2011. He served eight years in prison ...

President Trump signed a full pardon for Rod Blagojevich, the former Democratic governor of Illinois who served eight years in prison for corruption. Here's what to know about Blagojevich and Trump.

In 2011, Blagojevich was convicted on 17 counts of corruption, including an attempt to sell the U.S. Senate seat that former President Barack Obama vacated after being elected to the White House ...

President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, whose 14-year sentence for political corruption charges he commuted during his first term.

President Trump on Monday signed a full and unconditional pardon for Rod Blagojevich, the former Democratic governor of Illinois who served eight years in prison on corruption charges until Trump ...

President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned Rod Blagojevich, the former Illinois governor who was convicted and sentenced to prison on corruption charges surrounding his time in office.

President Trump has pardoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was convicted of corruption-related crimes, including trying to sell a U.S. Senate seat vacated by former President Barack ...

President Donald Trump, before commuting Blagojevich's sentence: "He has been in jail for seven years over a phone call where nothing happened. He shouldn't have said what he said, but it was ...