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More than six years after corrupt Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich walked into federal prison, President Donald Trump on Thursday suggested he may offer the Democrat a get-out-of-jail free card.
Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's prison sentence has been commuted by President Donald Trump. ABC7 Legal Analyst Gil Soffer sat down to discuss what that means, and what's next for him.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has gone on a clemency blitz, commuting the 14-year prison sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and a long list of others.
Trump has floated a commutation or pardon for Blagojevich in the past. In August 2019, Trump told reporters aboard Air Force 1 that he felt that Blagojevich had served "enough" time in prison.
A former Department of Justice official who managed the executive clemency program during much of the ’90s says that President Donald Trump — in commuting the sentence of former Illinois Gov ...
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 ...
During former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's trial, an Illinois union leader testified that he was personally called by Obama regarding Valerie Jarret and the soon-to-be-vacant Illinois Senate seat.
FBI recordings of former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich's phone calls are giving jurors in his federal corruption trial — and anyone else who wants to listen online — glimpses into how he ...
Will anyone head down to the quayside to wave goodbye to Rod Blagojevich? I would, were I closer at hand. I miss him already. Blago instilled a rare spirit of unanimity in the Illinois State Senate, ...