WASHINGTON (AP) — Prosecutors in the Justice Department section that handles public corruption cases have been told the unit will be significantly reduced in size, and that its cases will be ...

She was later featured in a Trump campaign ad that aired during the Super Bowl ... 6 defendants and a pardon for former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who had been convicted on corruption charges.

President Trump said Thursday he was making Alice Johnson, whose sentence he commuted during his first term, his “pardon czar” to make recommendations about who should receive clemency. Trump made the ...

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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, whose 14-year sentence for political corruption charges he commuted during his first term.

President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich helps correct an injustice and is a proper use of the president’s pardon power. Blagojevich was a rare Illinois ...

Election law expert Michael Dorf explains whether ex-governor Rod Blagojevich could run for office again after his Trump pardon. Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Professor Nadav Shoked discusses ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Click to share on X (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to email a ...

Rod Blagojevich, both Democrats.In addition to prosecuting misconduct by public officials, the section oversees the department's handling of election crimes like voter fraud and campaign finance ...

Stewart Rhodes and Rod Blagojevich. Among topics for discussion will be tariffs, global warming, climate change, nuclear disarmament, global health and hunger, and human rights. There will be ...