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

The ex-governor said he and the president were victims of 'lawfare' and didn't address rumors that he's being considered for ...

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

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was unfairly prosecuted for attempting to make a political deal, otherwise known as ...

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

The former Illinois governor was convicted on multiple charges of corruption in 2011. He served eight years in prison before ...

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

Rod Blagojevich was freed from a federal prison in Colorado in February 2020, 16 months after former President Donald Trump commuted the 14-year sentence of the former Illinois Gov. Nearly five years ...

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

Blagojevich, who was a Democrat while in office, supported Trump in the 2024 election and attended last July's GOP Convention ...

Trump announced he's pardoning Rod Blagojevich, the former Illinois governor who was sentenced to 14 years in prison before ...

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.