{"id":5250,"date":"2025-02-10T20:23:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T20:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-expected-to-pardon-former-illinois-gov-rod-blagojevich\/"},"modified":"2025-02-10T20:23:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T20:23:49","slug":"trump-expected-to-pardon-former-illinois-gov-rod-blagojevich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-expected-to-pardon-former-illinois-gov-rod-blagojevich\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump expected to pardon former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-video embed--type-content_cbsn_live is-video embed--float-none embed--size-medium is-hero\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\"><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/live\/\" class=\"embed__headline-link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__icon\"><br \/>\n            <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-video\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__headline\">CBS News Chicago<\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__video-duration\">Live<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p><strong>CHICAGO (CBS)\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014 President Trump will issue a pardon to former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich Monday, a White House official confirmed to CBS News. The development was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/02\/10\/trump-pardon-rod-blagojevich\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">first reported by Axios<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Blagojevich, who was originally sentenced to 14 years in prison\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/news\/rod-blagojevich-sentenced-to-14-years-in-prison\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">on corruption charges<\/a><\/span>\u00a0for attempting to sell Barack Obama&#8217;s U.S. Senate seat after he won the White House in 2008, only served nearly eight years before being\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/news\/rod-blagojevich-expresses-everlasting-gratitude-to-president-trump-after-being-released-from-prison\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">commuted in February 2020 during Mr. Trump&#8217;s first presidency<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Upon his release from prison, he <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/news\/rod-blagojevich-admits-to-mistakes-but-maintains-he-was-imprisoned-for-practicing-politics\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">told CBS Chicago<\/a><\/span> that he believed he &#8220;was sent to prison for practicing politics,&#8221; but also admitted to having made &#8220;mistakes.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Months after his release, he filed a federal lawsuit claiming his removal from office by the Illinois Senate following his 2009 impeachment trial was unconstitutional and sought the ability to run for state or local elected office in Illinois. <\/p>\n<p>In 2024, a judge issued a ruling in Blagojevich&#8217;s filed lawsuit seeking to overturn the ban on him running for state or local office. The judge&#8217;s ruling <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/news\/judge-dismisses-rod-blagojevich-lawsuit-dr-seuss\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">utilized allusions to Dr. Seuss<\/a><\/span> to underline their message.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Read generally Dr. Seuss, Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now! (1972) (&#8216;The time has come. The time has come. The time is now. Just Go. Go. GO! I don&#8217;t care how. You can go by foot. You can go by cow. Marvin K. Mooney, will you please go now!&#8217;),&#8221; U.S. District Judge Steven Seeger wrote.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Blagojevich and Mr. Trump have worked together in the past. He appeared in Season 3 of the reality competition show &#8220;Celebrity Apprentice,&#8221; in which he was &#8220;fired&#8221; by Mr. Trump during the season&#8217;s run.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em>This is a developing story. Check back for updates<\/em>.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n      <em><\/p>\n<p>                      <span class=\"byline__author__text\">Sara Cook<\/span>, <\/p>\n<p>                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/todd-feurer\/\" class=\"byline__author__link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Todd Feurer<\/a> and <\/p>\n<p>                      <span class=\"byline__author__text\">Dana Kozlov<\/span><\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.<br \/>\n      <\/em>\n    <\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \"\/><!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/jeramie-bizzle\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Jeramie Bizzle<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Jeramie Bizzle is a web producer for CBS Chicago. 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