Five years after his release from prison, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich still isn’t letting go of his conviction—and he now wants retribution.

Never mentioned by Blagojevich were his convictions for trying to shakedown the CEO of a Chicago children’s hospital and a local racetrack owner for campaign contributions in exchange for ...

Until that day, Trump’s full and an unconditional pardon brings a measure of justice to the people of Illinois and the Blagojevich family. Leonard C. Goodman is a Chicago criminal defense lawyer ...

Now that former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has received a presidential pardon, could an ambassadorship or even a run for public office be in the cards? Blagojevich is under consideration to ...

Blagojevich was convicted on 18 counts. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago in 2015 tossed out five of the convictions, including ones in which he offered to appoint someone to a ...

And can President Trump find no one with a clean record to represent Americans as ambassadors? Crime pays, it seems, in Trump's orbit — including the Jan. 6 rioters he pardoned.

Imagine Chicago and Illinois without an effective local U.S. attorney’s office over the years. Michael Madigan, we believe, still would be Illinois House speaker. Ed Burke likely would be preening ...

Dick Mell, the powerful 33rd Ward boss. In 1993, Blagojevich was elected to the state House; in 1997 won a congressional seat anchored on Chicago’s North Side. He won his first term as governor ...

CHICAGO (CBS) — President Trump officially issued a pardon to former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich Monday, a White House official confirmed to CBS News. The development was first reported by ...

He’s just a very fine person,” he added. Blagojevich thanked Trump while speaking to reporters in Chicago on Monday night, saying, “We want to express our deepest and most profound and ...