Rod Blagojevich arrives home in Chicago following Trump commutation

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.

Blagojevich: Abraham Lincoln would've been impeached by today's Democrats

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.

Trump surveyed Chicago audience on freeing Blagojevich: Report

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.

Illinois seeking to bar Blagojevich from practicing law

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

Commutation of Blagojevich prison sentence on hold

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.

Blagojevich to be released from prison soon, 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. 

Flannery Fired Up: Kinzinger reverses course on guns; Blagojevich backlash

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.

Blagojevich's hopes hinge on Trump as president goes on vacation

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.

Trump 'very strongly' considering commutation for Blagojevich

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.

President Trump considering commuting Rod Blagojevich's sentence
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Could former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich be a free man soon? Joel Bertocchi talks more about why President Trump is considering commuting his sentence.

Jesse Jackson, son urge President Trump to pardon ex-Gov. Blagojevich

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

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.

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.