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

President Donald Trump signs executive order pardoning disgraced ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich amid Serbian ambassadorship rumors.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

But counterterrorism experts say the pardons could further embolden fringe groups and hamper the Justice Department’s fight against political violence. Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was ...

The legislation comes on the heels of an executive order signed last month by President Donald Trump promising “forceful and ...

During his final weeks in office, then-Gov. Matt Bevin issued more than 600 pardons and commutations — several of them stirring outrage from victims or their families, prosecutors and lawmakers. Bevin ...