Edgar, 78, a moderate Republican who was raised in Coles County, served two terms as governor from 1991 to 1999.

President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned former Democratic Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, five years after commuting his 14-year sentence for political corruption charges.

Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich says he ... trying to sell or trade former President Barack Obama's former Senate seat. Five years after commuting Blagojevich’s sentence, Trump pardoned ...

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Blagojevich was convicted on corruption charges for trying to sell a Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama. Trump commuted the former governor's sentence in 2020.

President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich ... an appointment to then-President Barack Obama’s old Senate seat and trying to shake down a children’s ...

"I strongly disagree with President Donald Trump's decision to pardon disgraced former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich," Illinois Senate Republican Leader John Curran (R-Lemont) said in a news ...

Former Republican Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler was confirmed by the Senate to lead the Small Business Administration (SBA) in a ...

The Republican-led Senate voted Wednesday to confirm Todd Blanche as deputy attorney general, placing President Donald Trump’s former criminal defense attorney in a key ...

the disgraced former governor of Illinois who was convicted on multiple charges of corruption in 2011, including trying to sell President Barack Obama’s vacated Senate seat. Blagojevich had ...