{"id":2584168,"date":"2026-03-26T16:17:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T20:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rod-blagojevich-says-trump-backed-him-for-possible-office-run-last-year\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T16:19:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T20:19:02","slug":"rod-blagojevich-says-trump-backed-him-for-possible-office-run-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rod-blagojevich-says-trump-backed-him-for-possible-office-run-last-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Rod Blagojevich says Trump backed him for possible office run last year"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frod-blagojevich-says-trump-backed-him-for-possible-office-run-last-year%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2584168&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich says President Donald Trump told him last year that he would back Blagojevich if he ran for office again, even suggesting he\u2019d back him under a new banner he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-whitmer-media-caught-in-another-lie-anarchist-arrested-for-plot-to-kidnap-and-kill-whitmer-hates-president-trump-trump-is-a-tyrant-video\/\" title=\"Gov. Whitmer, Media Caught in Another Lie - Anarchist Arrested For Plot to Kidnap and Kill Whitmer Hates President Trump, &#039;Trump is a Ty...t&#039; (VIDEO)\">called<\/a> a \u201cTrumpocrat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Blagojevich says Trump commuted his 14-year corruption sentence in February 2020, after Blagojevich had served about eight years, and that five days after Trump\u2019s 2025 inauguration he received a call from Sergio Gor, than director of the White house Presidential Personnel Office, relaying the president\u2019s message.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The former governor recounts a conversation in which Trump offered support for a future run and asked what party he would align with, with Blagojevich saying he could run as a \u201cTrumpocrat.\u201d Blagojevich also referenced Trump\u2019s remark about \u201ccleaning it up\u201d for him and asked about Blagojevich\u2019s wife.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Blagojevich has previously said trump criticized his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prosecutors-offer-plea-deal-to-nyc-lawyers-who-firebombed-police-vehicle\/\" title=\"Prosecutors Offer Plea Deal to NYC Lawyers Who Firebombed Police Vehicle\">jail sentence<\/a> as \u201coutrageous\u201d in 2012 and later defended the commutation, stating Trump told the press in 2020 that Blagojevich seemed like a nice person and deserved a chance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Blagojevich is releasing a memoir titled Framed, F***ed, &#038; Freed: A Governor\u2019s Odyssey on August 25.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The Washington Examiner notes related context, including CPAC\u2019s call for unity and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >additional recommended stories<\/a>, and mentions there is a YouTube video tied to the coverage.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Rod Blagojevich says Trump backed him for possible office run last year<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2544192\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former Illinois Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rod-blagojevich\/\">Rod Blagojevich<\/a> said President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> told him last year he would back the ex-governor for office if he ever ran again.<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/1501449\/trump-commutes-prison-sentence-of-rod-blagojevich\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/1501449\/trump-commutes-prison-sentence-of-rod-blagojevich\/\">commuted Blagojevich&rsquo;s 14-year sentence<\/a> in February 2020, years after the former governor was convicted on corruption charges in 2011 for attempting to sell former President Barack Obama&rsquo;s Senate seat. Blagojevich said he received a call five days after Trump&rsquo;s 2025 inauguration from Sergio Gor, the director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office at the time, who transferred the president to the call.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4505204\/graham-platner-poll-maine-senate-race-janet-mills\/\">Graham Platner holds comfortable lead over Janet Mills in Maine Senate race: Poll<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4505150\/finnish-court-convicts-mp-lutheran-pamphlet-homosexuality-disorder\/\">Finnish MP and Lutheran bishop convicted for 2004 pamphlet calling homosexuality a &#8216;disorder&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4504832\/james-talarico-responds-pastor-crucified-with-christ\/\">James Talarico responds to pastor saying he should be &#8216;crucified with Christ&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Blagojevich said Trump told him &ldquo;something along the lines&rdquo; that it is &ldquo;terrible what they did to you.&rdquo; He added that Trump said, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m going to clean it all up for you, you&rsquo;ll be cleaner than me!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Then he asked me if I&rsquo;d be interested in running for office someday, and I said, &lsquo;Look, I&rsquo;m like you, you know, competitive, you feel like you got cheated out of the last fight, you want get back in the ring, so there&rsquo;s that part of me,&rsquo;&rdquo; Blagojevich said on Fox News&rsquo; <em>Hang Out with Sean Hannity <\/em>podcast on Thursday. &ldquo;I have family considerations. My family, it&rsquo;s been a hard thing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/73CnV3Dg_XM?si=YTPL332wT_d4WRUp&amp;start=6655\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And he said, &lsquo;Well, what party would you run for?&rsquo; And I said, &lsquo;I&rsquo;d run as a Trumpocrat.&rsquo; And he said something like, &ldquo;Hey, look, whatever you run for, whatever party, I&rsquo;ll back ya,&rdquo; Blagojevich said.<\/p>\n<p>Blagojevich added that Trump asked how his wife was doing, something the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-biden-says-no-soldiers-died-on-his-watch-forgets-13-marines-killed-in-kabul\/\" title=\"Watch: Biden Says No Soldiers Died on His Watch, Forgets 13 Marines Killed in Kabul\">president &#038;ldquo<\/a>;always&rdquo; asks when they speak. Blagojevich added that he repeated his &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hostage-family-organization-thanks-trump-for-ceasefire-deal\/\" title=\"Hostage family organization thanks Trump for ceasefire deal\">profound gratitude&#038;rdquo<\/a>; for helping him and &ldquo;giving my little girls their father back.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4474607\/cpac-call-for-unity-gop-infighting-trump-midterm-elections\/\"><strong>CPAC BEGINS ANNUAL CONFERENCE WITH CALL FOR UNITY AMID GOP DIVISIONS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/180375447572463618?s=20\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/180375447572463618?s=20\">called Blagojevich&rsquo;s jail sentence &ldquo;outrageous&rdquo;<\/a> on social media in 2012, five years before he entered the White House. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/1501449\/trump-commutes-prison-sentence-of-rod-blagojevich\/\">He told the press in 2020<\/a> that he commuted the former governor&rsquo;s sentence after Blagojevich served &ldquo;eight years in jail,&rdquo; adding that he &ldquo;seems like a very nice person, don&rsquo;t know him.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Blagojevich is <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.skyhorsepublishing.com\/9781510785267\/framed-fcked-and-freed\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.skyhorsepublishing.com\/9781510785267\/framed-fcked-and-freed\/\">releasing a book<\/a> on Aug. 25 titled <em>Framed, F***ed, &amp; Freed: A Governor&rsquo;s Odyssey<\/em>, a memoir exploring his time in prison.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> contacted the White House for comment to corroborate Blagojevich&rsquo;s statements.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blagojevich says Trump would back his run for office<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2584169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26065587772447-e1774552133279.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[4087,32319,13348,5894,44104],"class_list":["post-2584168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-campaign","tag-donald-trump","tag-endorsement","tag-politics","tag-rod-blagojevich"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26065587772447-e1774552133279.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2584168"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2584172,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584168\/revisions\/2584172"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2584169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2584168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2584168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2584168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}