Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich discusses how it felt receiving a pardon from President Donald Trump on 'The Story.' ...

President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned former Democratic Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, five years after commuting his ...

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says he's “profoundly grateful” after President Donald Trump pardoned him on political corruption charges.

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (left) meets with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in Serbia, as posted on X Feb. 5. Blagojevich, who served part of a 14-year federal prison sentence for ...

Blagojevich was commuted after serving nearly eight of his 14-year sentence in February 2020, during President Trump's first ...

It’s my honor to do it. I’ve watched him. He was set up by a lot of bad people,” the president told reporters in the Oval Office before signing the full and unconditional ...

The pardon was the latest overture between the president and the former governor, who is still known in Chicago simply as ...

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

President Donald Trump on Monday will pardon Democratic former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, according to a person familiar ...

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

Trump commuted Blagojevich’s 14-year sentence in 2020. The former governor had served about 8 years on charges stemming from his effort to sell Barack Obama’s Senate seat.

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.