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Clemency dreams remained on hold Friday despite Patti Blagojevich’s optimism

Rod and Patti Blagojevich in happier times. Patti holds the Bible for her husband Rod as he takes the oath of office to become the 40th governor of Illinois Monday, Jan. 13, 2003, in Springfield, Ill. | AP

Patti Blagojevich appeared on the porch of her Ravenswood Manor home Friday evening with welcome home balloons for former Gov. Rod Blagojevich as seen in this tweet by Chris Sweda of the Chicago Tribune.

Patti Blagojevich secures a balloon reading "welcome back" to her porch in Chicago's Ravenswood Manor neighborhood on Friday. No word of Donald Trump commuting the sentence of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich however. pic.twitter.com/9oh0lLCSzQ

— Chris Sweda (@chris_sweda) August 10, 2019

Despite the message on the balloons, it remained unclear Friday night if a grant of clemency for the former governor by President Trump was any closer to becoming reality, according to Sun-Times’ sources.

Two balloons that with “Welcome Back” messages hang on the railing of the porch of the Ravenswood Manor home of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, Friday night,
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