Trump pardons Rod Blagojevich, who tried to sell Obama’s vacated Senate seat
The former Illinois governor was convicted on multiple charges of corruption in 2011. He served eight years in prison before ...
Praise, criticism after President Trump pardons former IL Gov. Blagojevich
Trump's decision to commute Blagojevich's sentence was met with bipartisan criticism in Illinois. Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker ...
Trump pardons former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich
Trump commuted Blagojevich’s 14-year sentence in 2020. The former governor had served about 8 years on charges stemming from ...
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Rod Blagojevich was prosecuted for everyday politics. He deserves his pardon
President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich helps correct an injustice and is a proper use of the president’s pardon power. Blagojevich was a rare Illinois ...
Trump expected to pardon convicted ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich
President Trump is expected to soon pardon former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, whose corruption sentence he commuted in ...
Chicago Tribune7d
What’s next for pardoned ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich? A book and no apologies.
Perhaps the most telling moment of the news conference Rod Blagojevich held hours after President Donald Trump granted the disgraced ex-Illinois governor a full pardon came even before he answered ...
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Rod Blagojevich saga: From arrest to Donald Trump’s pardon
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 ...
New York Post8d
Donald Trump pardons disgraced ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, suggests he’d consider him for ambassador role
WASHINGTON — President Trump pardoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich Monday evening — and publicly suggested he would nominate the disgraced Democrat to be US ambassador to Serbia.
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Could pardoned Rod Blagojevich run for office again? What we know
Now that former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has received a presidential pardon, could an ambassadorship or even a run for public office be in the cards? Blagojevich is under consideration to ...
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Trump pardons former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who served 8 years in prison
President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, a Democrat who served prison time for soliciting campaign funds and other favors in exchange for former President ...
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Trump set to pardon former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich 5 years after commuting 14-year sentence
Rod Blagojevich, according to a person familiar with his plans. Trump commuted Blagojevich’s 14-year sentence for political corruption charges during his first term. He planned to sign the ...
Chicago Tribune8d
Leonard C. Goodman: Rod Blagojevich was prosecuted for everyday politics. He deserves his pardon.
President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich helps correct an injustice and is a proper use of the president’s pardon power. Blagojevich was a rare Illinois ...