Trump tweets about Blagojevich, 'wonderful wife'
President Donald Trump tweeted about the Blagojevichs on Sunday.
Congressional Republicans oppose Blagojevich clemency
The Republicans in Illinois' congressional delegation are asking President Trump not to grant former Gov. Rod Blagojevich clemency.
Blagojevich files paperwork asking Trump to commute sentence
Illinois' imprisoned ex-governor, Rod Blagojevich, has filed paperwork asking President Donald Trump to commute his 14-year prison term for corruption that included seeking to sell an appointment to the Senate seat Barack Obama vacated to become president.
Patti Blagojevich appeals to Trump to pardon her husband: 'It takes a strong leader to right wrongs'
Former Illinois First Lady Patti Blagojevich continues to try to get President Donald Trump to pardon her husband by going on Fox News to make her case.
Trump mulls commuting Blagojevich's term
President Donald Trump on Thursday pardoned a conservative commentator he claims "was treated very unfairly by our government!" and announced he's thinking about clemency for Martha Stewart and former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, among "lots" of other people.
Patti Blagojevich hopes Trump will pardon husband after Supreme Court rejection
The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that it will not hear an appeal by imprisoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich of his corruption convictions, the second time in two years it has declined to take up his case.
Supreme Court deciding whether to hear Blagojevich appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court met behind closed doors Friday to decide whether it will give Rod Blagojevich one more shot at freedom.
Government lawyer high court: Don't hear Blagojevich appeal
A top federal government lawyer is urging the U.S. Supreme Court not to hear disgraced ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich's appeal.
Gubernatorial candidate doing damage control following tape release
Activist Jedidiah Brown demanded Thursday to join African-American ministers meeting in Hyde Park with Democratic candidate for governor, J.B. Pritzker.
Years later, Blagojevich still creates trouble for Democrats
The investigation that sent former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to prison is still causing political problems for Democrats, a decade after the FBI began secretly recording his profanity-laced conversations.
J.B. Pritzker wiretapped discussing black politicians
Newly released FBI wiretaps captured Democratic Illinois governor candidate J.B. Pritzker making racially insensitive comments during a call with then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich, including saying a popular lawmaker was the "least offensive" African-American to appoint to a Senate seat.
Rauner to air ad of Pritzker, Blagojevich on wiretap
Illinois Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner is launching campaign ads this weekend featuring 11 minutes of conversations between a top Democratic rival and now-imprisoned former Gov. Rod Blagojevich captured on FBI wiretaps.
Patti Blagojevich unhappy with Rauner campaign wiretap ad
Patti Blagojevich is reacting to a new wiretap ad released by the Rauner campaign in which audio tapes are used of a conversation between former Governor Rod Blagojevich and Democratic gubernatorial candidate JB Pritzker.
Rod Blagojevich appeals to high court in likely last gasp
Imprisoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has again asked the U.S. Supreme Court to consider tossing his convictions on corruption charges, arguing the nation's highest court could settle lingering disagreements in lower courts over what constitutes illegal political fundraising by taking up his case.
Blagojevich mops prison floors, maintains innocence
More than five years into his 14-year sentence on corruption convictions, Rod Blagojevich, who once held the highest office in Illinois, finds himself on cleaning duty at a Colorado federal prison.
Rod Blagojevich says he takes prison 'one day at a time'
Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says he takes it "one day at a time" while serving a federal prison sentence after corruption convictions.
2006 Pritzker donation to Blagojevich raises questions
A 2006 donation from Illinois gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker to ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich's re-election is raising questions.
Rod Blagojevich shot down again by federal appeals court
The federal appeals court in Chicago said Monday it would not hear again from former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, meaning the imprisoned Democrat is quickly running out of legal options nearly a year after his 14-year prison sentence was reinstated, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting.
FBI wiretap records Pritzker, Blagojevich talking state jobs
Secret FBI wiretap recordings from a 2008 investigation of then-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich capture current Democratic candidate for governor, billionaire J.B. Pritzker, speaking to Blagojevich about an appointment to a top state job, the Chicago Tribune reported on Wednesday.
Blagojevich attorneys ask for another appeals court hearing
A month after the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed his 14-year prison sentence, lawyers for imprisoned former Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Friday asked for another hearing before the three-judge panel, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting.