A discreet effort is underway to explore the possibility of President Donald J. Trump pardoning former Gov. John G. Rowland.

As with most lieutenant governors, Juliana Stratton might as well be in the federal witness protection program.

Rod Blagojevich, Barack Obama, the FBI About the time Salazar was tapped to lead the Interior Department, then-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested for a pay-to-play scheme around his power ...

Former Illinois Governor George Ryan has died at the age of 91. He served prison time for federal corruption charges.

Rod Blagojevich, who succeeded Ryan in office ... including trying to sell off the U.S. Senate seat to the highest bidder after Barack Obama was elected president in 2008.

Rod Blagojevich wrote on X ... and his integrity shines through in everything he does,” former President Barack Obama wrote. “It’s also true that I would not have been a United States ...

A case in point: his commutation and eventual pardon of Rod Blagojevich ... a vacancy created by Barack Obama’s election as president. Blagojevich had served eight years of a 14-year sentence ...

Ryan was succeeded in office by Rod Blagojevich ... to sell off a U.S. Senate appointment to the highest bidder after Barack Obama was elected president in 2008. After his release from prison ...

He took over the governor’s job after Rod Blagojevich was arrested for trying to sell Barack Obama’s Senate seat, and parlayed his incumbency into a full term. Related: The 10 Pols Who Could ...