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.

Trump pardons former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich: 'He was set up by a lot of bad people' Trump previously commuted Blagojevich's 14-year sentence on political corruption charges in 2020.

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Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (center) walks with attorneys as he arrives at the Federal Correctional Institution Englewood in Littleton, Colo., in March 2012, where he began serving his 14 ...

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich speaks after pardon by President Trump 19:10. Months after his release, Blagojevich filed a federal lawsuit claiming his removal from office by the Illinois ...

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 ...

Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich says he is "profoundly grateful" to President Donald Trump for pardoning him. Blagojevich spent nearly eight years in prison on corruption charges, for ...

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.

Disgraced ex-Democratic Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich said he’s a proud turncoat who backs former Republican President Donald Trump’s comeback for the White House. “I call myself a ‘Trump ...

MILWAUKEE — After speaking at a Serbs for Trump rally at a downtown bar, disgraced ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich acknowledged his conversion from a leading Illinois Democrat to a self-described ...

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who spent almost eight years in prison for public corruption before his sentence was commuted this year, is scheduled to appear at a campaign rally ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, whose 14-year sentence for political corruption charges he commuted during his first term.