Five years after his release from prison, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich still isn’t letting go of his conviction—and he now wants retribution.

Perhaps the most telling moment of the news conference Rod Blagojevich held hours after President Donald Trump granted the disgraced ex-Illinois governor a full pardon came even before he answered ...

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 ...

Former Republican Tennessee state Sen. Brian Kelsey, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate campaign finance law, was ...

I looked Rod Blagojevich straight in the eye and asked a question that had been on my mind for the past few years. “Do you think Trump will pardon you?" I asked. “Yes,” he replied without ...

Cancel anytime. Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (left) meets with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in Serbia, as posted on X Feb. 5. Blagojevich, who served part of a 14-year federal prison ...

And can President Trump find no one with a clean record to represent Americans as ambassadors? Crime pays, it seems, in Trump's orbit — including the Jan. 6 rioters he pardoned.

Imagine Chicago and Illinois without an effective local U.S. attorney’s office over the years. Michael Madigan, we believe, still would be Illinois House speaker. Ed Burke likely would be preening ...

Blagojevich was released from prison in 2020 after Trump commuted his sentence. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order pardoning Rod Blagojevich, the former Illinois governor who was ...

Now that former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has received a presidential pardon, could an ambassadorship or even a run for public office be in the cards? Blagojevich is under consideration to ...

Blagojevich declined to discuss speculation that Trump was considering appointing him as the next U.S. ambassador to Serbia. He said his father came from Serbia and that in recently visiting the ...