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JUST IN: Trump to grant clemency to ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was impeached and removed from office in 2009 on corruption
President Donald Trump is expected to grant clemency to former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was impeached and removed from office in 2009 on corruption charges, and to former New York police commissioner Bernard Keri.

The news comes hours after Trump signed an executive order granting a full pardon to former San Francisco 49ers owner Eddie DeBartolo Jr. related to a decades-old corruption charge.

Blagojevich, 63, was sentenced in 2011 to 14 years in federal prison on corruption charges related to his solicitation of bribes in an attempt to "sell" the Senate seat Barack Obama left open after being elected president.

Blagojevich, a Democrat, has been serving his term at the low-security Federal Correctional Institute in Englewood, Colorado.

He was a contestant on Trump’s reality TV show "The Celebrity Apprentice" in 2010.

Kerik was sentenced in 2010 to four years in prison after pleading guilty to eight felony charges, including tax fraud.

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Trump pardons for Blagojevich, Kerik & DeBartolo fuel speculation

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Blagojevich, 63, was sentenced in 2011 to 14 years

That's a hefty sentence for a man that age and he has served most of it. A little clemency is not bad thing.
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