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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 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.
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 ...
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 ...
The former governor of Illinois, Rod Blagovich, also advised the Democratic Party to "put the people first for a change" ...
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Three years after former Gov. Rod Blagojevich filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the ban on him ever running for state or local office again, a federal judge issued a blistering ...
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.
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 ...
Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich reacted to President Biden’s highly-anticipated press conference at the 2024 NATO Summit on Thursday, saying the commander-in-chief made it clear that he’s ...
WASHINGTON — President Trump pardoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich Monday evening — and publicly suggested he would nominate the disgraced Democrat to be US ambassador to Serbia.
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 ...
Blagojevich also supported Trump after he was indicted in the New York hush-money case, comparing his own legal problems to Trump’s. open image in gallery Rod Blagojevich had his sentence ...