FILE - Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, right, speaks, Oct. 21, 2020, during a news conference in Chicago. WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned former Illinois Gov.

President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich helps correct an injustice and is a proper use of the president’s pardon power. Blagojevich was a rare Illinois ...

Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich says he is "profoundly grateful" to President Donald Trump for pardoning him. Blagojevich spent nearly eight years in prison on corruption charges ...

Perhaps the most telling moment of the news conference Rod Blagojevich held hours after President Donald Trump granted the disgraced ex-Illinois governor a full pardon came even before he answered ...

FILE - Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich tries to get into his house as he arrives home in Chicago, Feb. 19, 2020, after his release from Colorado prison late Tuesday. (AP Photo/Charles Rex ...

I looked Rod Blagojevich straight in the eye and asked a question that had been on my mind for the past few years. “Do you think Trump will pardon you?" I asked. “Yes,” he replied without ...

SPRINGFIELD — Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich only received one vote in his defense when he was impeached by the Illinois House and removed from office by the Senate in 2009 following his indictment ...

Rod Blagojevich Monday. He served time in prison on corruption charges that included a scheme to sell a vacant Senate seat. Gov. JB Pritzker spoke at an unrelated event Tuesday morning ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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.