Attorneys: Blagojevich Has Job Washing Dishes
CHICAGO -- Two of Rod Blagojevich's former attorneys visited the former Illinois governor and say he is washing pots and pans as he begins his term at...
CHICAGO -- Two of Rod Blagojevich's former attorneys visited the former Illinois governor and say he is washing pots and pans as he begins his term at...
The Huffington Post/AP | Posted 03.29.2012
The wife of imprisoned former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich took to her Facebook page Thursday morning to vent about the very lenient sentence giv...
Posted 03.19.2012
While some Colorado journalists might be happy to have the always-exciting Rod Blagojevich to write about for the next 12 to 14 years, one newspaper e...
The Huffington Post/AP | Posted 03.16.2012
Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich entered federal prison in Colorado Thursday, where he has been sentenced to spend the next 14 years. Befo...
AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 03.16.2012
Convicted former Gov. Rod Blagojevich stepped off a plane in Colorado on Thursday and headed to a federal prison to begin a 14-year sentence for corru...
AP | MICHAEL TARM and P. SOLOMON BANDA | Posted 05.15.2012
LITTLETON, Colo. — Convicted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich never allowed himself to even think about spending the next decade of his life behind...
AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 05.14.2012
CHICAGO — Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich embraced the public spotlight one last time Wednesday, claiming on the day before he reports to p...
Posted 03.13.2012
Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich will squeeze in one last media appearance before heading to Colorado this week, where he will serve a 14-year...
Posted 03.08.2012
A spokesman for Rod Blagojevich said this week that the former Illinois Governor plans to address the public one more time before he leaves Chicago to...
AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 02.18.2012
CHICAGO — While `harebrained' isn't a word often heard within staid federal courtrooms, the judge who recently sentenced Rod Blagojevich to 14 y...
AP | Posted 02.16.2012
CHICAGO — Attorneys for impeached Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich have asked a judge for an emergency evidentiary hearing on what they say is pote...
AP | NOMAAN MERCHANT | Posted 02.12.2012
CHICAGO — A federal judge is allowing Rod Blagojevich an extra month of freedom before he must start a 14-year sentence for corruption and, at t...
AP | Posted 02.08.2012
CHICAGO — The family of ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is getting a new dog. The Chicago Tribune reports () that the Blagojevich family a...
Posted 12.08.2011
When former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was sentenced to 14 years in prison Wednesday, local politicians and many following the case closely exp...
AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 02.07.2012
CHICAGO — Rod Blagojevich has one last hope to reduce his harsh 14-year sentence: an appeal. But lawyers for the disgraced former Illinois gove...
AP | By DON BABWIN and MICHAEL TARM | Posted 02.07.2012
CHICAGO -- Jurors who found Rod Blagojevich guilty of federal corruption charges earlier this year did not have to show up to court Wednesday to watch...
AP | By MICHAEL TARM and DON BABWIN | Posted 02.07.2012
CHICAGO -- Rod Blagojevich starts his Thursday facing a bleak countdown – 71 days before the twice-elected Illinois governor must say goodbye to...
Posted 02.06.2012
CHICAGO (AP) — Rod Blagojevich, the ousted Illinois governor whose three-year battle against criminal charges became a national spectacle, was sente...
AP | MICHAEL TARM and DON BABWIN | Posted 02.06.2012
CHICAGO — The Rod Blagojevich who once challenged a prosecutor to face him like a man, the glad-handing politician who took to celebrity TV show...
AP | MICHAEL TARM and DON BABWIN | Posted 02.05.2012
CHICAGO — After all his claims of innocence and facing years in prison, Rod Blagojevich let his lawyers make an admission that he has so far avo...
AP | Posted 04.24.2012