In a new book, Jeffrey Toobin makes a convincing case that Ford’s pardon of President Nixon set the stage for unchecked ...

The president can pardon someone as unworthy as Rod Blagojevich, who threatened to hold up funds from a children’s hospital ...

During Monday’s Oval Office pardon, Trump rejected the idea he would assign Blagojevich as ambassador to Serbia (a growing consideration according to Politco ). Still, he noted an openness to the ...

The Republican president signed the pardon on Monday and called the Democratic former governor “a very fine person” who “was ...

The pardon was the latest overture between the president and the former governor, who is still known in Chicago simply as ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KTIV) - South Dakota U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson has a front-row seat in Congress to all the changes accompanying the new White House resident down the street on Pennsylvania Avenue.

Such extensive and non-discretionary use of the pardon sets a dangerous precedent of using the pardon to preempt accountability and evade justice. The unprecedented misuse of pardons highlights the ...

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says he's “profoundly grateful” after President Donald Trump pardoned him on political ...

Blagojevich, who was a Democrat while in office, supported Trump in the 2024 election and attended last July's GOP Convention ...

President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, whose 14-year sentence for political ...