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 ...

"I was successful in politics until the corrupt prosecutors turned against me," is a sentence that former American governor of Serbian descent, Rod Blagojevich, repeated in numerous exclusive ...

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’s Bill Cellini and Chicago Alderman Ed Burke, to name just two — Madigan couldn’t bear not being at the epicenter of power in Illinois or the idea of abandoning the questionable practices ...

The timeline tracking Illinois’ shameful history of political corruption added two notable notches this week. First, on ...

CHICAGO (CBS) — Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was convicted of bribery conspiracy, bribery, and wire fraud charges on Wednesday, but acquitted of several others, following a four-month ...

I’m sure that Republicans will now embrace the disgraced Democrat politician as one of their own because of their blind ...

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 ...

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 ... Pardon Attorney. Blagojevich also carries the burden of impeachment by the state Senate in 2009, an action which, according to the state constitution, bars him from holding ...