Trump pardons former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich: 'He was set up by a lot of bad people' Trump previously commuted Blagojevich's 14-year sentence on political corruption charges in 2020.

WASHINGTON — President Trump pardoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich Monday evening — and publicly suggested he would nominate the disgraced Democrat to be US ambassador to Serbia.

President Trump on Monday signed a full and unconditional pardon for former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who served eight years in prison on corruption charges until Trump commuted his sentence ...

For months, former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez has praised President Donald Trump. He has explicitly echoed Trump’s ...

Washington — President Trump this week has issued pardons and commutations for several convicted ... Trump even asked the other contestants, "Who thinks Rod is guilty?" Blagojevich pleaded not guilty ...

Trump has pardoned hundreds of people, largely due to a widespread pardon for over 1,500 individuals charged in relation to the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

Those four figures and their pardons aren't the only evidence of a Justice Department de-emphasizing public corruption cases. In the early days of the administration, the Justice Department also ...

President Donald Trump said he would weigh a potential pardon for Sean “Diddy” Combs, whose federal sex crimes trial is underway in Lower Manhattan. The imprisoned hip-hop mogul has pleaded not guilty ...

President Donald Trump says he is pardoning Scott Jenkins, a former Virginia sheriff who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for allegedly making several businessmen sheriff's deputies in exchange for ...

Todd and Julie Chrisley, best known for their reality TV show, “Chrisley Knows Best,” have returned to Middle Tennessee after being released from federal prison on Wednesday. The reality TV stars ...

More than any previous president, Donald Trump has systematically deployed his authority to grant pardons to reward loyalists ...

As President Donald Trump’s interim US attorney for the District of Columbia, Ed Martin was remarkably blunt about ...