Rod R. Blagojevich (/ b l ə ˈ ɡ ɔɪ. ə v ɪ tʃ / blə-GOY-ə-vitch; born December 10, 1956), often referred to by his nickname "Blago", [2] [3] is an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009.

4 days ago · WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, whose 14-year sentence for political corruption charges he commuted during his first term.. The Republican president called the Democratic former governor, who once appeared on Trump’s reality TV show “Celebrity Apprentice,” “a very fine person” and said the …

4 days ago · 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 ...

12 hours ago · 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 ...

4 days ago · President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was sent to prison on corruption charges surrounding his time in office. Signing the pardon in the Oval Office ...

4 days ago · President Trump signed a full pardon on Monday for Rod R. Blagojevich, the former Democratic governor of Illinois who was convicted of corruption in 2011 in a scheme to sell a Senate seat being ...

4 days ago · Trump had previously commuted Rod Blagojevich's 14-year prison sentence. In 2008 - when Blagojevich was responsible as the state governor for naming someone to fill the Senate seat of Obama - he ...

4 days ago · 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.

4 days ago · 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 ...

5 days ago · WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, whose 14-year sentence for political corruption charges he commuted during his first term. The ...