When Patti Blagojevich made repeated public pleas for her husband's release from federal prison, there was no mistaking her intended audience: President Donald Trump.

If anyone knows how former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan is feeling these days, it might be Rod Blagojevich. Illinois’ former governor faced sentencing twice. Both times, a federal ...

Though Rod Blagojevich filed paperwork seeking a commutation during Trump’s first term, the former governor recently told WBEZ, “I never asked President Trump for a pardon. He just did it.” ...

Teresa Giudice's ex-husband penned an emotional plea to the President, imploring him to give him a chance to reunite with his ...

For months, former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez has praised President Donald Trump. He has explicitly echoed Trump’s ...

On the other end of the spectrum, Gov. Rod Blagojevich was sentenced to 14 years in prison after his 2011 bribery convictions related to attempting to sell then-President-elect Barack Obama’s ...

Rod Blagojevich greets House Speaker Michael Madigan and Senate President Emil Jones on Feb. 16, 2005, before his speech delivering his budget to a joint session in the House chambers.

Rod Blagojevich, who was pardoned earlier this year by President ... Collins said Madigan now spent his time caring for his sick wife. “Today, judge, mercy is justice,” Collins concluded. “Mike ...

The sentence, which also includes three years’ probation after his prison term and a $2.5 million fine, follows a jury’s split verdict in February.

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich said ex-Speaker Michael Madigan’s conviction underscores the systemic problems in politics and government in the state Capitol.

Gov. JB Pritzker has announced the selection former state representative and deputy governor Christian Mitchell as his ...