There was nothing illegal on Obama‘s part. And there was nothing ... [leaders] in open elections that are free and fair,” ...
The Illinois Legislature impeached the disgraced governor in 2008 when he tried to sell off the U.S. Senate seat held by then President-Elect Barack Obama. Blago was then convicted in federal ...
The pardon was the latest overture between the president and the former governor, who is still known in Chicago simply as “Blago ... being vacated by Barack Obama. “It’s my honor to ...