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Rod Blagojevich has forfeited his $64,000 ... he would not be eligible for that annuity until age 62. Reach State Journal-Register Statehouse reporter Chris Wetterich at 217-788-1523.
CHICAGO (CBS) --Ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Wednesday, after apologizing for making "terrible mistakes," capping a nearly three-year saga for Illinois.
Rod Blagojevich was convicted on one count ... governor’s greatest hits from the indictment posted by the State Journal-Register in Springfield went viral and were widely downloaded.
Rod Blagojevich and his family have spent the past eight years fighting for his freedom. Now that President Donald Trump has granted their wish by commuting Blagojevich’s sentence and sending ...
CHICAGO – Defiant and unapologetic, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was convicted in 2011 of trying to sell Barack Obama's Senate seat, called himself a "freed political prisoner ...
But Rod Blagojevich told Newsweek, "It all started with me." Former Illinois governor and convicted felon Rod Blagojevich speaks to the press outside of the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on August 02 ...
Rod Blagojevich that could have opened the door on another run for office. Blagojevich filed the lawsuit about two years ago, but U.S. District Judge Steven Seeger didn't dismiss the case until ...
President Donald Trump on Monday granted a full and unconditional pardon to Rod Blagojevich, the disgraced former governor of Illinois who was convicted on multiple charges of corruption in 2011 ...