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.

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich speaks with attendees during a Serbs for Trump 2024 event at RWB Milwaukee bar during the Republican National Convention on July 17, 2024, in Milwaukee.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Since his sentence was commuted, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has been a fierce defender of President Donald Trump. | Charles Rex Arbogast/AP By Shia Kapos 02/10/2025 05:12 PM EST Updated ...

President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, whose prison sentence on corruption charges while in office was commuted during his first term as president.

Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich in a mug shot taken after his arrest in December 2008. The Democrat would go on to serve eight years in jail until his sentence was commuted by President Trump.

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 ...