President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, a Democrat and former contestant on ...

US President Donald Trump has granted a full pardon to Rod Blagojevich, the former Democratic governor of Illinois.

After former President Donald Trump pardoned ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is making ...

Blagojevich was convicted in 2011 on charges that included seeking to sell an appointment to then-President Barack Obama’s old Senate seat and trying to shake down a children’s hospital. Blagojevich ...

Blagojevich went to prison on charges related to trying to soliciting funds in exchange for former President Barack Obama's ...

Trump commuted Blagojevich’s 14-year sentence in 2020. The former governor had served about 8 years on charges stemming from ...

He was elected to the Illinois state Senate in 1996, then to the U.S. Senate in 2004 and then was elected President in 2008. Obama served two terms and was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Price for ...

In August, Barack and ... In Mr Obama’s 2020 book, A Promised Land, he wrote that his wife had told him she was frustrated about his long hours as a Illinois senator, telling him: “This ...

President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, a Democrat and former contestant on ...

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.

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has been issued a pardon by President Donald Trump, nearly five years after his sentence ...

The Democratic governor was convicted on corruption charges related to filling former President Barack Obama's Senate seat.