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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Barack Obama is firmly behind Senate Democrats who say they'll block the seating of his replacement appointed by Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
April 24, 2010 — -- Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich wants to subpoena President Obama to testify in his corruption trial, an outcome experts say is highly unlikely, but not without ...
The Chicago Tribune is reporting that former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was convicted on Monday on 17 charges — 11 criminal counts related to brazenly trying to sell President Barack Obama's ...
CHICAGO -- Rod Blagojevich asked a judge Monday to order prosecutors to hand over written summaries of any FBI interviews with President Barack Obama about the ousted Illinois governor's corruption ...
CHICAGO (AP) -- As it stands, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich still has the power to appoint someone to fill Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat. Blagojevich was arrested yesterday after federal ...
Blagojevich never attempted to sell Obama's Senate seat and only wanted to gain leverage to improve the lives of his constituents, he added. "There was nobody buying or selling nothing," Adam said.
Blagojevich is halfway through serving a 14-year sentence after he was convicted of multiple federal corruption charges, including trying to solicit money to fill Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat.
Will anyone head down to the quayside to wave goodbye to Rod Blagojevich? I would, were I closer at hand. I miss him already. Blago instilled a rare spirit of unanimity in the Illinois State Senate, ...
For those lamenting former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich’s expulsion from Celebrity Apprentice, fear not: it did not mean expulsion from the limelight. Blagojevich held a press conference ...
TRUMP, on one of the people who benefited from his round of pardons and sentence commutations: “Rod Blagojevich did not sell the Senate seat. He served 8 years in prison, with many remaining.
More than six years after corrupt Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich walked into federal prison, President Donald Trump on Thursday suggested he may offer the Democrat a get-out-of-jail free card.