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Gov. Rod Blagojevich refuses to talk to reporters Dec. 16, 2008, as he leaves his house on the Northwest Side. He was carrying a briefcase and a gym bag.
Rod Blagojevich, the former Governor of Illinois, was sentenced to 14 years in prison. He has served 7 years. Many people have asked that I study the possibility of commuting his sentence in ...
Trump announced midday he had commuted the prison sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, a Democrat who has served eight years of a 14-year sentence for the pay-for-play charges.
Nearly five years after commuting former Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s federal prison sentence, President Donald Trump on Monday ...
Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich kisses his wife, Patti Blagojevich, as their two daughters,Annie(left) and Amy, look on during a news conference outside the family’s Ravenswood Manor home ...
Perhaps the most telling moment of the news conference Rod Blagojevich held hours after President Donald Trump granted the ...
Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Wednesday thanked President Donald Trump for commuting his sentence, saying he is “tough and outspoken but also has a kind heart.” ...
Ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich again proclaimed himself a "political prisoner" Friday night in a heated interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper. Blagojevich, a one-time contestant on "The Celebrity ...
CHICAGO — Rod R. Blagojevich, whose criminal sentence President Trump has commuted, became a household name when he was arrested 12 years ago on an explosive accusation: Prosecutors said he had ...
The day in March 2012 that Rod Blagojevich headed off to federal prison on corruption charges, it seemed to most of us in Illinois, and around the country, that justice had been done.
Rod Blagojevich was acquitted on one count relating to an alleged shakedown of road building executive Gerald Krozel. He was accused of trying to squeeze Krozel for $500,000 in campaign cash from ...
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 ...