Former Illinois House Republican Leader Jim Durkin acknowledged that former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is now part of a ...

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 ...

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 a ...

President Donald Trump is expected to issue a pardon to former Celebrity Apprentice contestant and Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, Axios reported. The move comes almost exactly five years after Trump ...

Less than two months after President Donald Trump pardoned Rod Blagojevich, the former Democratic governor of Illinois who served prison time on corruption charges has been hired to lobby on behalf of ...

CHICAGO (CBS Chicago/CBS News)-- Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich and President Donald Trump have a history going back many years – to a time well before Blagojevich went to prison and before Trump was ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Donald Trump has spent most of his political career asserting that the ...

In what’s become somewhat customary once an Illinois political titan falls, leaders throughout the state responded with condemnation and called for reforms upon hearing Friday that ex-Speaker Michael ...

Lon Monk, a former aide and college friend of impeached Gov. Rod Blagojevich, departs federal court after his sentencing on federal corruption charges Tuesday, April 3, 2012, in Chicago. Monk, who ...

Correction Appended: April 15, 2009 Ever since Rod Blagojevich was roused out of bed one cold December morning, federal prosecutors have done their best to portray their colorful corruption case ...