Blagojevich, 68, has never applied for a pension and has not asked for a refund of the $101,000 he contributed during his years as a state lawmaker and governor, Blair said.

Assistant to Trump and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino said on X Monday evening that Trump signed a full and unconditional pardon for 68-year-old Blagojevich.

May 14, 2020 – Blagojevich’s podcast “Lightning Rod” debuts. May 18, 2020 – Is disbarred by the Illinois Supreme Court.

In December 2011, before sentencing Rod Blagojevich to 14 years in prison, U.S. District Judge James Zagel scolded the former governor not only for ...

Nation A timeline of Blagojevich’s political career, criminal case Feb. 18, 2020 at 12:00 pm Updated Feb. 18, 2020 at 1:26 pm ...

It was April 2010, and Rod Blagojevich was braced for what he was about to hear. Dressed in a gray suit and purple tie, the disgraced former Illinois governor sat alongside his partners. They were ...

Here’s how he got to this point. — Then a state representative, Rod Blagojevich is elected to the U.S. House with the support of his father-in-law Ald. Dick Mell and Mayor Richard M. Daley.

Blagojevich and his chief of staff, John Harris, are accused of “conspiring to obtain personal financial benefits” by leveraging his authority to appoint a US senator to replace President ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --When Rod Blagojevich learned in late 2008 that all he would get from the Obama administration was thanks and appreciation for appointing a friend President-elect Barack Obama to ...

A former top aide to Rod Blagojevich testified on Tuesday that the deposed governor asked him what he could get for himself in exchange for appointing a U.S. Senator about a month before Barack ...