The former governor of Illinois rod Blagojevich is getting ready to hold a news conference he is one of more than a dozen convicted criminals who sentences were either pardon commuted by president trump this week A. B. C.'s Ryan borough is outside the globe which is home in Chicago this is a very familiar scene to reporters who covered will go a bench when he went to prison back in March of twenty twelve a bank of microphones positioned on racks in front of his front door dozens of cameras crowded together on a small patch of grass news vehicles clogging up the narrow streets reporter settling in their news trucks trying to stay warm this time there's a heart balloon flowers and a sign that read thanks Mr president we're expecting the former governor to step out of his home and answer questions at eleven AM central time Ribeiro ABC news Chicago