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 ...

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

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

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

Trump commuted Blagojevich’s 14-year sentence in 2020. The former governor had served about 8 years on charges stemming from ...

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

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

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.