Rod Blagojevich
Former Governor of Illinois
Former governor of Illinois (2003–09), impeached and removed from office in 2009 and convicted in 2011 on corruption charges, including trying to sell Barack Obama’s vacated U.S. Senate seat. President Donald Trump commuted his 14-year prison sentence in 2020 and pardoned him in 2025.
Wikipedia Appearances: 1 · First: October 2026
Obama, Trump and the Political Battle That Changed His Life
Former governor of Illinois (2003–09), impeached and removed from office in 2009 and convicted in 2011 on corruption charges, including trying to sell Barack Obama’s vacated U.S. Senate seat. President Donald Trump commuted his 14-year prison sentence in 2020 and pardoned him in 2025.