Blagojevich Charges

Judge Agrees To Drop 3 Charges Against Blagojevich

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — A federal judge has dropped three of 23 corruption charges against ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Prosecutors requested the mo...

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Blagojevich Charges Tossed? Feds Move To Dismiss Three Counts Against Former Illinois Governor

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Federal prosecutors asked a judge for permission Wednesday to dismiss racketeering charges against ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevic...

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Instructions Handed Out For Jurors In The Rod Blagojevich Trial

Chicago Public Radio | Posted 05.25.2011

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Till now, jurors have been hearing evidence. But the jury instructions make the law clear and give the jurors a framework into which they can kind of ...

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Blagojevich Brother Speaks Out: I Am Not A Criminal

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — The brother of ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says he isn't a criminal and the federal wire fraud charges against him are unfair...

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BLAGOJEVICH STATEMENT ON INDICTMENT: I AM INNOCENT

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich again declared his innocence in a statement released by his publicist in response to the sweeping, 19-count indictment on ...

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Blagojevich Indictment Expected Later Today

AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's plan to auction off President Barack Obama's vacant U.S. Senate seat marked the culmination of ...

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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 Fingerprinted As Obama Inaugurated

Chicago Tribune | Jeff Coen and Monique Garcia | Posted 05.25.2011

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On a day when President Barack Obama raised his hand to take the oath of office, Gov. Rod Blagojevich was back at the federal courthouse putting his h...

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Blagojevich Doesn't Answer Impeachment Charges, Snubs Senate

AP | JOHN O'CONNOR | Posted 05.25.2011

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Tuesday missed his second deadline for filing formal answers to an impeachment charge, with...

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Who's Who In The Blagojevich Complaint

Chicago Sun-Times | Chris Fusco, Natasha Korecki, Tim Novak and Dave McKinney | Posted 05.25.2011

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Here's who's who among most of the names behind the letters and numerals prosecutors use to label those players in the Blagojevich case, according to ...

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Blagojevich Charged Lobbyists $10,000 To Meet: Former Rival Topinka

WJBC | Jim Anderson and Eric Stock | Posted 05.25.2011

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Former state treasurer Judy Baar Topinka says lobbyists had to pay $10,000 to get to see Governor Blagojevich. Topinka says lobbyists who found the go...

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Blagojevich Impeachment Panel Adjourns Until Monday, Waiting On Prosecutor Fitzgerald

AP | DAVID MERCER | Posted 05.25.2011

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Lawmakers studying impeachment of Gov. Rod Blagojevich heard Monday from a political watchdog who said she sees strong links...

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Blagojevich Impeachment Panel Calling First Witnesses

AP | CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 05.25.2011

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois lawmakers could be forced to build their impeachment case against Gov. Rod Blagojevich on a raft of relatively smal...

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Attorney General: State Won't Pay For Blagojevich's Legal Defense

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has rejected a request that the state pay for Gov. Rod Blagojevich's legal defense. Under Illi...

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Chicago Tribune Did Not Force Timing Of Blagojevich Arrest: FBI

Wall Street Journal | Posted 05.25.2011

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The timing of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's arrest wasn't affected by a Chicago Tribune story that reported Blagojevich was being secretly recorded ...

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Illinois Supreme Court Will Not Hear Blagojevich Removal Challenge

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Gov. Rod Blagojevich withstood a fellow Democrat's first attempt to have him quickly ousted from office when the state Supreme Cou...

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Blagojevich Quotes Elvis, Says He'll Talk 'Soon' (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Wednesday that he "can't wait" to tell his side of the story and expects to do so no later than Thursday. "I can't wait to...

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Blagojevich's Multi-Million Dollar Campaign Fund To Be Frozen: Report

Chicago Sun-Times | Natasha Korecki | Posted 05.25.2011

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Federal authorities plan to freeze Gov. Blagojevich's campaign fund, crippling the governor's ability to use the money for his legal bills. In a lett...

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Pat Quinn Morphs Fundraiser Into No-Cost Holiday Party After Blagojevich Scandal

The Hill | Reid Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bob Reed, the communications director for Quinn's office, called The Hill to note the fundraiser has been turned into a "holiday reception." The chan...

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Blagojevich Fighting Growing Impeachment Threat

AP | CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 05.25.2011

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois Republicans have launched a political ad campaign demanding a special election to fill the Senate vacancy that Gov....

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Methods to Remove Our Bleeping Governor

Greg Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

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Greg Harris

We are at a historic moment in Illinois government and all of these actions as they are applied to a sitting governor are without precedent.

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Blagojevich Arrest Cost Illinois $20 Million In Bond Deal: Treasurer

Crain's Chicago Business | Lorene Yue | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gov. Rod Blagojevich's federal corruption charges drove up the state's cost to sell bonds Tuesday by more than $20 million. The $1.4-billion bond sal...

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Lawyer: Blagojevich Won't Resign, 'We're Going To Fight This Case' (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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The attorney for embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Monday night that Blagojevich is not planning to resign. "He's not stepping aside," Ed Genson t...

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Jesse Jackson Jr. Talking With Feds About Blagojevich Since Summer

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Shortly after his 2002 election, Gov. Rod Blagojevich told Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. he didn't appoint the congressman's wife for lottery...

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Blagojevich Attorney Genson: 'It's Going To Be A Fight'

ABC News | Posted 05.25.2011

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ABC News' Matthew Jaffe reports from Chicago: Chicago defense attorney Ed Genson, who met with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich twice this weekend and wh...

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