CHICAGO (AP) — Imprisoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich argued in a column that fellow Democrats in the U.S. House who impeached President Donald Trump also would have tried to remove Abraham Lincoln.

Blagojevich, who is serving a 14-year federal sentence for corruption, doesn't mention Trump by name in the column titled, " House Democrats Would Have Impeached Lincoln." However, his wife, Patti, tagged the Republican president when retweeting the column, published Wednesday by the conservative website Newsmax.

Trump has said he's considering a commutation for Blagojevich, who was convic...