19 hours ago · Trump at the time described Blagojevich as a “very nice person” and criticized his lengthy prison sentence. The former governor later morphed into a staunch Trump advocate who supported his ...

22 hours ago · President Donald Trump has signed an executive order pardoning Rod Blagojevich, the former Illinois governor who was sentenced to 14 years in prison before Trump commuted his sentence in 2020.

20 hours ago · President Trump signed a full pardon on Monday for Rod R. Blagojevich, the former Democratic governor of Illinois who was convicted of corruption in 2011 in a scheme to sell a Senate seat being ...

21 hours ago · 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 ...

1 day ago · Trump’s decision to commute Blagojevich’s sentence was met with bipartisan criticism in Illinois. Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker said at the time that Trump “has abused his pardon power in inexplicable ways to reward his friends and condone corruption, and I deeply believe this pardon sends the wrong message at the wrong time.” ...

1 day ago · The pardon continues a relationship Blagojevich began with Trump in 2010 when the impeached governor — conducting a high-profile series of pre-trial TV appearances to declare his innocence ...

21 hours ago · 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 Obama.

21 hours ago · Trump commuted Blagojevich's prison sentence before leaving office in 2020. The former governor, who was impeached and removed from office, appeared on Trump's television show "Celebrity Apprentice."

1 day ago · Trump's decision to commute Blagojevich's sentence was met with bipartisan criticism in Illinois. Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker said at the time that Trump “has abused his pardon power in ...

22 hours ago · Blagojevich, convicted of trying to sell the Senate seat of then-President-elect Barack Obama, had his 14-year prison sentence commuted by Trump in Feb. 2020, but now the president has gone a step ...