Rod Blagojevich

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and CNN anchor Anderson Cooper engaged in a lengthy and contentious back-and-forth Friday night over the recently freed Democrat's record and claims he's made about his criminal case.

Reaction to the release of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has been swift and strong, and Chicago’s heavy hitters are weighing in.

Following President Donald Trump’s commutation on Tuesday, former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich sat down with FOX 32 Wednesday afternoon to talk about his time in prison, as well as what’s next in life for he and his family.

Blagojevich spoke in front of a large sign hanging off the landing of his home that read, “Thanks Mr. President."

Rod Blagojevich was released from prison Tuesday night and arrived home in Chicago Wednesday morning after President Donald Trump commuted the sentence of the former Illinois governor.

Former Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich, himself impeached and now serving a 14-year term in federal prison for corruption, said in a new op-ed that today's House Democrats would have impeached Abraham Lincoln.

President Donald Trump has again broached the idea of freeing former Illinois governor and one-time "Celebrity Apprentice" contestant Rod Blagojevich from a Colorado federal prison, where he is in his seventh year of a 14-year prison term for political corruption.

Is Rod Blagojevich's commutation still in the works? It is definitely on the mind of President Donald Trump.

Eight years after former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was convicted of corruption, the state of Illinois is seeking to bar him from practicing law.

An Illinois congressman Wednesday night is revealing how he helped convince President Trump to keep Rod Blagojevich in prison.

The potential commutation of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's federal prison sentence has been put on hold amid White House officials' fears of public pushback, sources say.

Sources have told Fox 32 News that President Trump is indeed going to commute the sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, and that his release is imminent. 

On tonight's edition of Flannery Fired Up, Will County's Congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) tells why he's now ready to vote for a proposal he voted against last February.

President Donald Trump heads to New Jersey Friday for vacation, which means those hoping to see former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich get out of prison early will have to wait.

President Donald Trump says he's "very strongly" considering commuting the sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who is serving a 14-year prison term on multiple federal corruption convictions.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson is urging President Donald Trump to pardon former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich for his corruption crimes.

Friday marked seven years since Rod Blagojevich traded his political life for prison life.