Imagine Chicago and Illinois without an effective local U.S. attorney’s office over the years. Michael Madigan, we believe, still would be Illinois House speaker. Ed Burke likely would be preening ...

Rod Blagojevich, said that because there’s video ... Adam said he believes, after jurors see during the trial that someone’s life is at stake, that it’s possible for them to set aside ...

Former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy wants a pardon from President Donald Trump. And why not? Isn't everybody these days?

Precisely one month from the history-making moment former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was convicted of corruption, ...

Former Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich, who had been convicted ... the events of January 6 had been preserved through videos, trial transcripts, jury verdicts and judicial opinions and ...

The pardon by Trump came after the top pardon attorney at the DOJ said she had been fired after restoring the gun rights of ...

President Donald Trump’s moves to expand the use of pardons have white-collar defendants jolting to attention — and many are responding with creative maneuvers designed to appeal less to judges or ...

Rod Blagojevich, who previously served eight years ... coerced into taking pleas and surrendering their right to trial.' " "That is exactly what happened to Brian," Longnecker said.

Trump extended his personal reach to Brazil, where fellow coup plotter Jair Bolsonaro is on trial for siccing a ... Trump pardoned Rod Blagojevich, withdrew felony charges against Rep.

Released two weeks into a 21-month prison sentence for a campaign finance conspiracy conviction, a former Tennessee ...