Former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, now a pardon lobbyist, is reportedly earning $50,000 to push for clemency for Frank Kollintzas, a convicted Indiana city councilman who fled to Greece after being sentenced for vote-buying and fraud. Blagojevich’s firm previously earned $280,000 lobbying for another clemency case, raising alarms that pardon-seeking has become a lucrative political business. Critics warn that erasing convictions without restitution harms victims, while the shifting clemency process nears the White House, turning legal redemption into a high-stakes, high-profit game.
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