President Donald Trump pardoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Feb. 10.
Blagojevich, a Democrat, served eight years of a 14-year prison sentence before Trump commuted his sentence in 2020.
Trump Pardons Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich
Trump commuted Blagojevich’s 14-year prison sentence in 2020.
Former Illinois governor and convicted felon Rod Blagojevich speaks to the press outside of the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago on Aug. 2, 2021. Scott Olson/Getty Images
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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