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[[Image:Blagojevich with Emanuel.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Blagojevich with Rahm Emanuel]]
[[Image:Blagojevich with Emanuel.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Blagojevich with Rahm Emanuel]]
[[Image:Blago.jpg|thumb|200px|Like cartoonist Mike Luckovich, most people thought "Blago" was a clown]]
[[Image:Blago.jpg|thumb|200px|Like cartoonist Mike Luckovich, most people thought "Blago" was a clown]]
'''Rod R. Blagojevich<ref>http://www.biography.com/articles/Rod-Blagojevich-392652</ref>''' was the [[Democrat]] [[governor]] of the state of [[Illinois]] from January 13, 2003 until impeachment on January 29, 2009. He was born on December 10, 1956, in [[Chicago]]. Before being elected governor, Blagojevich served as Cook County Assistant State's Attorney and then Representative for Illinois' 5th District in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] (elected in 1996).<ref>http://www.illinois.gov/gov/bio.cfm</ref>
'''Rod R. Blagojevich<ref>http://www.biography.com/articles/Rod-Blagojevich-392652</ref>''' was the [[Democrat]] [[governor]] of the state of [[Illinois]] from January 13, 2003, until impeachment on January 29, 2009. He was born on December 10, 1956, in [[Chicago]]. Before being elected governor, Blagojevich served as Cook County Assistant State's Attorney and then Representative for Illinois' 5th District in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] (elected in 1996).<ref>http://www.illinois.gov/gov/bio.cfm</ref>
''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' reported that [[Barack Obama]] "dispatched [[Rahm Emanuel]] days after the vote to contact aides of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to begin talking up Mr. Obama's preferred candidates" to fill the [[United States Senate|U. S. Senate]] seat vacated by Obama, according to associates of Mr. Emanuel.<ref>[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122926660096904673.html Blagojevich Aides Discussed Senate Seat], By Jonathan Weisman, Naftali Bendavid and Cam Simpson, ''Wall Street Journal'', December 15, 2008.</ref>
''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' reported that [[Barack Obama]] "dispatched [[Rahm Emanuel]] days after the vote to contact aides of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to begin talking up Mr. Obama's preferred candidates" to fill the [[United States Senate|U. S. Senate]] seat vacated by Obama, according to associates of Mr. Emanuel.<ref>[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122926660096904673.html Blagojevich Aides Discussed Senate Seat], By Jonathan Weisman, Naftali Bendavid and Cam Simpson, ''Wall Street Journal'', December 15, 2008.</ref>
On June 27, 2011, a jury found Blagojevich guilty on 17 of 20 possible charges relating to corruption, wire fraud, extortion and bribery. He faces a maximum sentence of 300 years in prison.
On June 27, 2011, a jury found Blagojevich guilty on 17 of 20 possible charges relating to corruption, wire fraud, extortion and bribery. He faces a maximum sentence of 300 years in prison.
On February 18, 2020, President Donald J. Trump commuted Blagojevich’s sentence after Blagojevich had served 8 years out of a 14-year sentence. Blagojevich said that he is very grateful to President Trump and described himself as a “Trumpocrat.”<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ex-gov-blagojevich-released-from-prison-after-trump-pardon</ref><ref>https://news.stlpublicradio.org/2020-02-18/former-illinois-gov-rod-blagojevich-released-following-trumps-commutation</ref><ref>http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/sunnews/world/archives/2011/06/20110627-171731.html</ref> After the [[2020 presidential election]] theft he announced that Election Fraud Is a 'Time-Honored Tradition' in Dem Cities.<ref>[https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/rod-blagojevich-trump-election-fraud/2020/11/06/id/995796/ Rod Blagojevich to Newsmax TV: Election Fraud Is a 'Time-Honored Tradition' in Dem Cities]</ref> On February 10, 2025, President Donald Trump issued a full and unconditional pardon to Blagojevich using the power given to presidents in the Constitution. While Blagojevich had already been walking free since Trump's 2020 commutation of his sentence, the pardon cleared Blagojevich's criminal record. The pardon didn't reverse the Illinois Senate's prohibition on Blagojevich holding state office or restore his Illinois law license.
On February 18, 2020, President Donald J. Trump commuted Blagojevich's sentence after Blagojevich had served 8 years out of a 14-year sentence. Blagojevich said that he is very grateful to President Trump and described himself as a “Trumpocrat.”<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ex-gov-blagojevich-released-from-prison-after-trump-pardon</ref><ref>https://news.stlpublicradio.org/2020-02-18/former-illinois-gov-rod-blagojevich-released-following-trumps-commutation</ref><ref>http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/sunnews/world/archives/2011/06/20110627-171731.html</ref> After the [[2020 presidential election]] theft he announced that Election Fraud Is a 'Time-Honored Tradition' in Dem Cities.<ref>[https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/rod-blagojevich-trump-election-fraud/2020/11/06/id/995796/ Rod Blagojevich to Newsmax TV: Election Fraud Is a 'Time-Honored Tradition' in Dem Cities]</ref> On February 10, 2025, President Donald Trump issued a full and unconditional pardon to Blagojevich using the power given to presidents in the Constitution. While Blagojevich had already been walking free since Trump's 2020 commutation of his sentence, the pardon cleared Blagojevich's criminal record. The pardon didn't reverse the Illinois Senate's prohibition on Blagojevich holding state office or restore his Illinois law license.
==See also==
==See also==