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President Donald Trump is expected to grant a full pardon to former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
Trump previously commuted the sentence of the Democrat in February 2020, as the Republican president was running for reelection.
At the time, Blagojevich had served eight years of a 14 year sentence on pay-to-play charges, as the governor was accused of trying to sell President Barack Obama‘s Illinois Senate seat after Obama won the 2008 presidential election.
‘He served eight years in jail, a long time. He seems like a very nice person, don’t know him,’ Trump told reporters at the time.
The two had interacted during a filming of season 3 of Celebrity Apprentice in 2010, in which Blagojevich was briefly a contestant.
In recent days, Blagojevich has been rumored to be Trump’s pick to serve as ambassador to Serbia.
Axios was first to report Monday on Trump’s plans to issue a full pardon.
While Blagojevich served as a Democratic governor and member of Congress, by 2024 he was a full-fledged Trump supporter.
Former Democratic Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (left) is expected to receive a full pardon from President Donald Trump (right) as it’s rumored he’s Trump’s choice to become ambassador to Serbia
He was among the former Democrats to attend the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee in July.
During the run-up to election day, Blagojevich pitched Trump to groups of Serbian-Americans.
Blagojevich’s father is Serbian.
That’s now put him in a strong position for the U.S. ambassadorship.
At the same time, putting a U.S. politician jailed for corruption in a country known for having issues with political corruption might not earn ‘Blago’ enough support in the U.S. Senate, where his nomination would need confirmation.
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