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Throughout Rod Blagojevich’s race against my late mother, Judy Baar Topinka, for the post of Illinois governor in 2005, campaign advertisements would state, “What is she thinking?” ...

Rod Blagojevich. Jackson Jr.’s conviction was tied to the scandal involving Blagojevich’s attempt to sell Barack Obama’s former Senate seat. He argues he has spent years advocating for ...

CHICAGO — Perhaps the most telling moment of the news conference Rod Blagojevich held hours after ... a 13% job approval rating after years of scandal, with only 10% saying they wanted to ...

US President Donald Trump has granted a full pardon to Rod Blagojevich, the former Democratic ... The Obama Connection: The Senate Seat Scandal In December 2008, after Barack Obama was elected ...

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 ...

Nearly five years after commuting former Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s federal prison sentence, President Donald Trump on Monday granted a full pardon to the disgraced former governor who was convicted ...

Rod Blagojevich, according to a person familiar with his plans. Trump commuted Blagojevich’s 14-year sentence for political corruption charges during his first term. He planned to sign the ...

ILLINOIS, USA — President Donald Trump on Monday will pardon former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, according to a person familiar with his plans who was not authorized to speak publicly.

President Trump on Monday signed a full and unconditional pardon for former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who served eight years in prison on corruption charges until Trump commuted his sentence ...