Rod R. Blagojevich

Convicted of

Wire fraud, extortion, bribery (selling Senate seat)

Sentence

14 yrs

Reported amount

N/A (lobbying by Giuliani, Dershowitz, Jackson)

Notability

Former Democratic Governor of Illinois; convicted of trying to sell Barack Obama's Senate seat, wire fraud, extortion, bribery; sentenced to 14 years, served 8

Why / who lobbied

Trump had commuted his sentence in first term. Full pardon came at start of second term after Blagojevich launched lobbying blitz with support from Jesse Jackson, Rudy Giuliani, and Alan Dershowitz. Trump called him on a Saturday night to announce the pardon.