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President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned Rod Blagojevich, the former Illinois governor who was convicted and sentenced to prison on corruption charges surrounding his time in office.
Under the Illinois Constitution, Fitzgerald rather than Senate President John Cullerton, presided because the accused was the governor. [115] Blagojevich was the sixteenth governor in the United States and the first Illinois governor to have been impeached. Seven of the fifteen impeached governors were removed from office. [116]
The federal jury also found against him, and for his role in the corruption scandal, he was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison. President Donald Trump formally commuted his sentence in 2020 , after Blagojevich had been imprisoned for nearly eight years, and fully pardoned him in 2025.
Blagojevich entered prison in 2012 after being sentenced to 14 years. He served eight years. Trump commuted Blagojevich's prison sentence before leaving office in 2020. The former governor, who ...
In this March 15, 2012 file photo, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich departs his Chicago home for Littleton, Colo., to begin his 14-year prison sentence on corruption charges. ©Charles Rex ...
In 1987 Walker pleaded guilty to bank fraud and perjury for receiving improper loans from First American. He was sentenced to seven years in prison, [32] and was released after serving a year and a half. [33] George Ryan (R) was the 39th governor of Illinois, serving from 1999 to 2003. Before that he was secretary of state from 1991 to 1999.
Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, flanked by members of his legal team, holds a press conference on April 20, 2010, in Chicago while awaiting trial. Blagojevich was convicted on 18 counts.
A number of controversies related to Rod Blagojevich, formerly the Governor of Illinois, were covered in the press during and after his administration. [1] In addition to a reputation for secrecy that was noted by the Associated Press, [2] Blagojevich was the subject of political, legal, and personal controversies similar to those of his predecessor, Republican Governor George Ryan.