Throughout Rod Blagojevich’s race against my late mother, Judy Baar Topinka, for the post of Illinois governor in 2005, campaign advertisements would state, “What is she thinking?” ...

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

Perhaps the most telling moment of the news conference Rod Blagojevich held hours after President Donald Trump granted the disgraced ex-Illinois governor a full pardon came even before he answered ...

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 ...

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 ...

I looked Rod Blagojevich straight in the eye and asked a question that had been on my mind for the past few years. “Do you think Trump will pardon you?" I asked. “Yes,” he replied without ...

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.

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich speaks to reporters before entering his home in Ravenswood Monday. President Donald Trump pardoned the former governor Monday. Pat Nabong/Sun-Times Share ...

Rod Blagojevich, according to a person familiar with his plans. Trump commuted Blagojevich’s 14-year sentence for political corruption charges during his first term. The Republican president ...