Patrick Fitzgerald

Blagojevich's Brother Weighs In On Fitzgerald's Resignation

Posted 05.25.2012

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Former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich's brother Robert had some harsh words in response to the news that the U.S. Attorney who prosecuted them both...

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Fitzgerald On His Future: 'Public Service Is In My Blood'

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 05.24.2012

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CHICAGO — U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald explained his resignation Thursday on the belief that new blood would be healthy for the office &ndas...

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U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald Will Step Down In June

AP | DON BABWIN and TAMMY WEBBER | Posted 05.24.2012

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CHICAGO — In a city and state known for tenacious corruption, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald became known for equal tenacity in going after po...

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Notorious Pipe-bomb Mailer 'The Bishop' Is Guilty Of Unusual Plot

AP | By MICHAEL TARM | Posted 05.05.2012

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CHICAGO -- Jurors on Friday convicted a small-town Iowa letter carrier who admitted sending dud pipe bombs along with threatening letters signed "The ...

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Embattled County Official Holding McDonald's Fundraiser To Pay Legal Bills

Posted 04.09.2012

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A Cook County official facing federal tax-evasion charges is reportedly holding a fundraiser at a Navy Pier McDonald's to help cover his legal costs. ...

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Beavers Pleads Not Guilty On Tax Fraud Charges

Posted 03.03.2012

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Shortly after embattled Cook County Commissioner William Beavers pleaded not guilty to tax fraud charges Friday, he lashed out against U.S. Attorney P...

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Md. Man Reinvests Salary From Fair Trade Business For Nepali Woman

Potomac Patch | Posted 01.25.2012

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Making the rounds during the Internet start-up craze in the 1990s, Potomac resident Ed Edmondson worked to help develop the product marketing and busi...

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Feds Dig Into Blagojevich Pension

AP | JOHN O'CONNOR | Posted 01.10.2012

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Federal prosecutors are digging for data about convicted former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's potential pension income in advance o...

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U.S. Attorney: Want To Fight Corruption? Start Speaking Up About It

Posted 11.13.2011

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U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald sounded off on a variety of topics at the City Club of Chicago Monday -- and reminded the crowd that everyone needs s...

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US Attorney: Blagojevich Verdict 'Bittersweet'

AP | Posted 08.27.2011

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CHICAGO -- The top federal prosecutor in Chicago says the verdict delivered in Rod Blagojevich's trial sends a "loud and clear message" that the ouste...

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Man Gets 40 Years For Participation In 'Most Disturbing' Child Porn Ring

Posted 08.14.2011

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A man arrested in 2006 for his alleged participation in a twenty-seven person, international child pornography ring was sentenced late last week to 40...

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Tired Of Blago Drama? You're Not Alone

AP | By DON BABWIN | Posted 06.17.2011

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CHICAGO -- He was fired by Donald Trump, sent his wife to the jungle of Costa Rica to eat a tarantula on a reality show and sat there smiling as the l...

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Honey Laundering: U.S. Catches Execs Smuggling $40 Million Of Drug-Infused Honey

aolnews.com | Andrew Schneider | Posted 05.25.2011

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U.S. consumers stand a better chance of buying honey free of drugs, chemicals and other illegal contaminants because investigators from several federa...

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Blago's Brother Free, But Testimony Showed He Was No Dope

Janan Hanna | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert Blagojevich traveled in sophisticated circles. He likely knows very well what pay-to-play is, and knows too that politics permeates all relationships -- personal and professional.

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One Blagojevich Too Many

Matt Farmer | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's time for the feds to cut Robert Blagojevich loose. Let the man get back to Tennessee and reclaim what remains of his old life.

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VOTE: Should Illinois Voters Pay For A Blagojevich Retrial?

Posted 05.25.2011

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As some jurors in the Rod Blagojevich corruption trial express regret, federal prosecutors are already gearing up for a retrial. On Tuesday, a jury ...

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Blagojevich Jurors Were Close To Convicting Ex-Gov

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — "Blago on Trial, The Sequel" promises to be as circus-like and nearly as expensive as the first trial of the former Illinois governor....

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Blagojevich Trial: Prosecution Rests, Earlier Than Expected

AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Rod Blagojevich's lawyers urged the federal judge presiding at his corruption trial on Wednesday to allow them to play more than three...

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A Sign of Insecurity? Government Asks Judge to Make Blagojevich Shut Up

Tamara N. Holder | Posted 05.25.2011

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U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald wants former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and his attorneys to shut up and stop talking to the press. But why?

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The Blagojevich Trial: The Sum of Its Parts Is Not Greater Than the Whole

Tamara N. Holder | Posted 05.25.2011

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The information in this case is overwhelming -- that is why I am shocked that Blagojevich is required to begin trial just a year and a half after his arrest.

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Mumbai Terror Case: U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald To Handle Case In Chicago

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald has personally prosecuted just one case in Chicago since arriving in September 2001 from New York, where he'd made hi...

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Burge Prosecutor Jeff Cramer Leaving U.S. Attorney's Office

Chicago Sun-Times | NATASHA KORECKI | Posted 05.25.2011

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In nearly a decade with the U.S. attorney's office in Chicago, he took on defendants including media baron Conrad Black and successfully prosecuted on...

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Joe Ferguson, New Chicago Inspector General, Comes From Hardscrabble Boston Roots

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joe Ferguson is the eldest son of a working-class single mom and a father he never knew who survived that rejection -- and the mean streets of Boston ...

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Jackson Sr. Denies Being 'Emissary' To Blagojevich

ABC | Thomas Giusto and Brian Ross | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rev. Jesse Jackson says he played no role and was not "an emissary" in alleged efforts to make a deal with Governor Rod Blagojevich for the appointm...

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Rod Blagojevich Unleashes the Page-Turning Truth on America!

Julie Farby | Posted 05.25.2011

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Damn you, Fitzgerald! What were you thinking stopping Gandhi Blagojevich from fulfilling his life's work helping to save the world?

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