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The International Bar Association (IBA) raised alarm on Friday regarding US President Donald Trump’s latest actions, including pardons issued to approximately 1,500 individuals who were either convicted or charged in the 2021 attack on the US Capitol, pardons issued to 14 militia organization members, and a “blanket pardon” for many others. Trump had also followed [...]

US President Donald Trump issued a full pardon for Rod Blagojevich on Monday. The former Illinois governor was impeached and convicted of corruption while in office. The pardon, made through the broad presidential authority outlined in Article II, Section 2, Clause 1 of the US Constitution, will officially negate Blagojevich’s conviction and expunge his criminal record. While [...]

The Illinois Supreme Court on Monday disbarred former governor Rod Blagojevich. His law license had been suspended since 2011. The decision comes almost a decade after Blagojevich was convicted of corruption charges. The former governor was found guilty in 2011 of attempting to sell the vacant Illinois Senate seat held by Barack Obama before his [...]

The White House announced Tuesday that US President Donald Trump issued seven pardons and commuted the sentences of four individuals, including former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich. Blagojevich was indicted by federal prosecutors in 2008 for his attempt to personally profit from his ability to fill Barack Obama’s vacated Senate seat. Blagojevich received a 14-year sentence. [...]

Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The Democratic National Committee (DNC) filed a lawsuit Friday against Donald Trump, Russia, Julian Assange, Wikileaks, and several Trump aids including Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, and...

The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear the appeal of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and left in place the 14-year sentence imposed by Judge James Zagel of the US District Court for...

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ruled Tuesday that former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich must serve the rest of his 14-year sentence in a Colorado prison. Judge James Zagel ruled [Reuters...

The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from former Illinois governor Rob Blagojevich. In 2013 Blagojevich was found guilty on 18 charges of corruption in his second trial and ultimately sentenced...

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Wednesday refused to rehear Governor Rod Blagojevich's corruption case. In 2013 Blagojevich was found guilty on 18 charges of corruption in his second trial and ultimately sentenced...

A US district court on Wednesday sentenced former North Carolina State Assembly member Stephen Laroque to 24 months in prison for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from a non-profit he ran. Last January Laroque...