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?” ...

President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich ... who was blocking Blagojevich’s legislative priorities during his second term as governor.

On February 7, Politico reported that Trump was considering making Rod "Blago" Blagojevich US ambassador to Serbia. The former Democratic governor of Illinois is a colorful political figure ...

Will Trump pardon Menendez? Will Menendez be on the Pardon List of Shame? Will Trump pardon Mrs. Menendez if she is convicted? We hope Menendez’ agents have not had success in wooing and winning Trump ...

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 ...

One of the more recent pardons was for the former governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich. He was a Democrat. . . . [Trump] seems much more interested in undermining anti-corruption laws left ...

A pair of former governors who resigned in scandal are vying to lead major cities on both sides of the Hudson River — ...

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 ...

Blagojevich’s full press conference can be viewed in the video embedded at the bottom of this article. CHICAGO (WGN) — Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich held a press conference Monday ...

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.