Rod Blagojevich was freed from a federal prison in Colorado in February 2020, 16 months after former President Donald Trump commuted the 14-year sentence of the former Illinois Gov. Nearly five years ...

Editorial written by Chicago Tribune Board. Back in early 2009, Chicago’s storied Second City comedy theater created a satirical musical spoof of a former governor of Illinois, “Rod Blagojevich, ...

SPRINGFIELD — Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich only received one vote in his defense when he was impeached by the Illinois House and removed from office by the Senate in 2009 following his indictment ...

Rod Blagojevich, whose 14-year sentence ... seat and trying to shake down a children’s hospital. Blagojevich served eight years in prison before Trump cut short his term in 2020.

President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich helps correct an injustice and is a proper use of the president’s pardon power. Blagojevich was a rare Illinois ...

After the now-pardoned Rod Blagojevich was arrested ... who’d helped put George Ryan in prison. Madigan had been convinced that Blagojevich was a crook for several years. The House speaker ...

The men wore bright-orange prison jumpsuits, and the women were in maroon. Most had on black headsets that provide a translation of the proceedings. All had been detained within the past month ...