Blagojevich Investigation

Ethics Panel Defers Investigation On Jesse Jackson Jr.

AP | LARRY MARGASAK | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The House ethics committee said Wednesday it will put off for now an expanded investigation into whether Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. or ...

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Feds Interview Jesse Jackson Jr. In Blagojevich Probe

Chicago Sun-Times | NATASHA KORECKI AND FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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Federal authorities have asked U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson (D.-Ill) why former Gov. Rod Blagojevich believed he would get campaign cash in exchange for ap...

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Jesse Jackson Jr. Facing Congressional Ethics Probe: Sun-Times

Chicago Sun-Times | NATASHA KORECKI | Posted 05.25.2011

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A congressional ethics board has launched a preliminary inquiry into U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill), related to President Obama's vacant Senate s...

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Blagojevich Enlists Former IRS Agent To Oversee Campaign Fund

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's campaign fund has hired a retired Internal Revenue Service special agent as its treasurer. That's according to Michael ...

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Feds Interviewed Tribune Co. Chief Sam Zell In Blagojevich Probe

Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

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A published report says federal prosecutors have interviewed Tribune Co. Chairman Sam Zell as a potential witness in their criminal investigation of f...

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Robert Weinstein: Doctor Tied To Blagojevich Probe Pleads Guilty To Hiding $3M From IRS

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — The business partner of a key witness in the federal investigation of corruption under former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has pleade...

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P. Nicholas Hurtgen Pleads Guilty In Scheme Tied To Blagojevich Probe

AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — A politically connected former investment banker pleaded guilty Wednesday to threatening to deny state permission for a suburban hospi...

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Patti Blagojevich Hit With Federal Subpoena

Chicago Sun-Times | Natasha Korecki | Posted 05.25.2011

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Federal authorities have hit former first lady Patti Blagojevich with a federal subpoena dealing with recent charges lodged against her husband, raisi...

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Blagojevich Probe Looking At O'Hare, City Contracts

Chicago Sun-Times | CAROL MARIN, TIM NOVAK AND CHRIS FUSCO | Posted 05.25.2011

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Federal authorities are investigating five construction companies that collectively have gotten hundreds of millions of dollars in construction work a...

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Blagojevich Pay-To-Play Probe Eyeing Construction Firms

Chicago Sun-Times | Tim Novak And Chris Fusco | Posted 05.25.2011

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As part of their "pay-to-play" probe of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, federal investigators are examining state bid proposals and other records from 18...

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Blagojevich Fundraiser Christopher Kelly Hit With More Charges

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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Prosecutors have turned up the heat on former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's former chief fundraiser, charging he paid $450,000 in kickbacks to get inflated c...

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Blagojevich Grand Jury Subpoenas Housing Project Records Of Rezko, Cellini, Allison Davis

Chicago Sun-Times | Tim Novak | Posted 05.25.2011

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A federal grand jury has subpoenaed records on dozens of low-income housing projects built over the last 30 years by indicted businessman William F. C...

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The New Republic: "In Defense Of Blagojevich (Sort Of)"

The New Republic | Posted 05.25.2011

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I fully realize that few complaints are more tiresome than "your party's scandal is worse than my party's scandal." But indulge me for a moment. I can...

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Federal Blagojevich Subpoenas Include Top Obama Aides

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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SPRINGFIELD - Sweeping federal subpoenas of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration include requests for records involving senior advisers to P...

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Former Top Blagojevich Aide John Harris Giving Information To Feds: Sun-Times

Chicago Sun-Times | Natasha Korecki | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Harris -- the highest-ranking employee under Gov. Blagojevich to be hit with federal corruption charges -- has been providing information to fede...

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Feds Had Blagojevich Campaign Office Under Video Surveillance

Chicago Sun-Times | Natasha Korecki | Posted 05.25.2011

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Federal authorities used a video camera as part of their cache of tools to investigate Gov. Blagojevich in the final weeks of 2008 before his arrest, ...

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When Burris Wanted to Get to Blagojevich, He Called Lon Monk

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

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Burris would surely like Democratic leaders to believe that when Monk exited the governor's staff, their relationship ended. That is almost certainly not true.

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Blagojevich Wants US Attorney Fitzgerald Removed From His Case

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Gov. Rod Blagojevich's defense attorneys have asked a federal judge to throw U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald and all his assistants o...

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Burris Says He Had Only One Conversation With Blagojevich

Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

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SPRINGFIELD-- In a formal affidavit, Roland Burris says he had only one limited conversation with Governor Rod Blagojevich before accepting his appoin...

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Blagojevich Impeachment Panel May Not Hear Full FBI Wiretaps

AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Members of Gov. Rod Blagojevich's impeachment panel say they will move forward despite the possibility that they might not get to hear...

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Robert Blagojevich: Feds Want To Question Governor's Brother

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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An attorney for Gov. Rod Blagojevich's brother says his client won't cooperate with federal investigators if asked. Rob Blagojevich is a Tennessee bu...

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Judge Allows Release Of Recorded Blagojevich Conversations To Lawyers

Chicago Sun-Times | Natasha Korecki | Posted 05.25.2011

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A federal judge this afternoon authorized the release of secretly recorded conversations of Gov. Blagojevich, the first such release to the governor's...

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Federal Prosecutors Granted More Time To Indict Blagojevich

AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — State legislators weighing evidence against Gov. Rod Blagojevich may finish their work before getting any tapes of the governor's conv...

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Feds Interest In Blagojevich Dates To 2003

Chicago Tribune | John Chase and Ray Long | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blagojevich Hiring Impropriety, Blagojevich Corruption, Blagojevich Hiring Records, Rod Blagojevich, Blagojevich Scandal, Blagojevich Probe, Blagojevich Investigation, Chicago News

Federal investigators probing hiring irregularities in Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration were seeking detailed personnel records dating back to ev...

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Prosecutors Seek Permission To Release Parts Of Blagojevich Wiretaps

AP | CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 05.25.2011

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gov. Rod Blagojevich's lawyer said Monday that a vague array of charges and evidence doesn't merit removing the governor fro...

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