Politics & Government
Blagojevich Disbarred By Illinois Supreme Court
He was released in February after serving about half of a 14-year sentence and stripped of his law license in March.
CHICAGO, IL — Three months after he was released from federal prison thanks to a decision by President Donald Trump to commute his sentence, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was officially disbarred.
The Illinois Supreme Court ruling came Monday, two months after Blagojevich was stripped of his law license.
After nearly eight years behind bars, Blagojevich was released from a Colorado federal prison on Feb. 18, arriving back at his Chicago home late that night and giving his first post-prison news conference — in which he declared himself a "Trumpocrat" — the next day.
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In March, the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission recommended Blagojevich be disbarred for the corruption schemes that sent him to prison.
Blagojevich was convicted in 2011 on corruption charges, including attempting to sell then-President Barack Obama's former Senate seat for profit, and sentenced to 14 years in prison. Although five of the charges against him were thrown out in 2015, a judge declined to shorten his sentence.
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His conviction came after the FBI caught Blagojevich on wiretaps trying to peddle his appointment of Obama's U.S. Senate successor for cash or a job: "I've got this thing and it's f---ing golden," he famously said.
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