President Donald Trump is expected to pardon former Democratic Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, Fox News has learned.
Blagojevich, a former “Celebrity Apprentice” contestant, served eight years in prison on charges stemming from his effort to sell Barack Obama’s Senate seat after Obama won the 2008 presidential election.
Trump commuted his 14-year sentence in 2020.
Blagojevich was convicted in 2011 and was sentenced to 14 years before Trump cut his prison term short.
Blagojevich appeared on “Celebrity Apprentice” in 2010, before his first corruption trial started, drawing praise from Trump at the time when he “fired” him as a contestant.
Later as president, Trump drew links between investigations of his own behavior in his first term and Blagojevich’s case.
