Three more attorneys have been added to former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's defense team....
Chicago Sun-Times | NATASHA KORECKI | Posted 08.16.2009 | Chicago
It was just last month that Chicago lawyer Giel Stein joined Rod Blagojevich's defense team. ...
AP | Posted 07.13.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) -- Another lawyer is joining the defense team for ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich. U.S. District Judge James Zagel on Friday allowed a fourt...
AP | Posted 07.02.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) -- Attorneys for ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich are headed back to court to show the judge their starting lineup. Blagojevich was ...
Chicago Sun-Times | Natasha Korecki | Posted 06.15.2009 | Chicago
The theatrical father-and-son team Sam Adam and Sam Adam Jr., best known for defending R. Kelly, told me today they are officially on board Blago's ca...
AP | Posted 06.11.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) -- A father-and-son team of lawyers whose courtroom theatrics captured the spotlight at the trial of R&B singer R. Kelly hinted Monday th...
AP | Posted 06.08.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) -- Ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich's lawyers have agreed to be paid $110 an hour, far below the rate some of them usually charge, in return f...
Chicago Sun-Times | Natasha Korecki | Posted 06.06.2009 | Chicago
Prosecutors have turned over to Rod Blagojevich's lawyers 400 hours of recorded calls and at least 1 million pages of documents they say are evidence ...
AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 06.01.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) -- Ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich's lawyer made a fresh plea Friday for permission to tap campaign money to pay legal bills, saying defendin...
AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 05.22.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO — A federal judge told ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Tuesday to forget about starring in a reality TV show in the Costa Rican jungle an...
Chicago Tribune | Jeff Coen and John Chase | Posted 05.05.2009 | Chicago
Blagojevich lost a leading criminal-defense lawyer for the second time since his December arrest, as veteran attorney Terence Gillespie said he was bo...
AP | Posted 04.24.2009 | Chicago
One of Chicago's leading criminal defense attorneys has joined the legal team representing ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Terence P. Gillespie confirme...
AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 04.09.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO — A federal judge has turned down a request from impeached former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to have Chicago's top federal prosecutor...
AP | Mike Robinson | Posted 03.13.2009 | Chicago
Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich is still forming his legal defense team with no certainty about who will lead it two months after his arrest on fraud and ...
AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 03.05.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO — Now that he's been ousted from the governor's office, Rod Blagojevich is pinning his hopes of staying out of prison on a father-and-so...
Chicago Tribune | David Heinzmann and Jeff Coen | Posted 03.04.2009 | Chicago
Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich last week repeatedly attacked the fairness of his impeachment trial, complaining he couldn't call witnesses to buttress hi...
Chicago Tribune | Posted 02.28.2009 | Chicago
Gov. Rod Blagojevich has agreed to appear in his own defense at his impeachment trial Thursday, state Senate President John Cullerton said today. Blag...
Chicago Sun-Times | Natasha Korecki | Posted 02.27.2009 | Chicago
Gov. Blagojevich's media blitz might make him feel better about his case, but all those recent high-profile interviews are likely to come back to bite...
AP | Posted 02.27.2009 | Chicago
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois taxpayers won't be asked to pay for Gov. Rod Blagojevich's new public relations firm. Blagojevich has hired a firm call...
Michael Jones | Posted 02.23.2009 | Chicago
Blago could care less about being impeached. His strategy is to use the impeachment process to influence the potential jury pool.
AP (HuffPost Contributing) | Posted 02.23.2009 | Chicago
Gov. Rod Blagojevich's lead attorney said Friday that he plans to resign from the impeached governor's criminal case. "I have practiced law for 44 ye...
Chicago Tribune | Ray Long | Posted 02.22.2009 | Chicago
Gov. Rod Blagojevich's criminal defense attorney Edward Genson said today that he expects the governor to be convicted and removed from office at next...
Chicago Sun-Times | Chris Fusco and Natasha Korecki | Posted 02.22.2009 | Chicago
Gov. Blagojevich's legal team has no plans to file a lawsuit to block his Illinois Senate impeachment trial -- though his lawyers considered that mane...
Chicago Sun-Times | Chris Fusco and Natasha Korecki | Posted 02.22.2009 | Chicago
Since taking office in 2003, Gov. Blagojevich has spent a staggering $2.6 million out of his campaign fund on legal fees, with the lion's share going ...
The Huffington Post | Posted 02.22.2009 | Chicago
Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Thursday that the state Senate Impeachment trial is unfair and denies him "fundamental due process" by not allowing him to c...
Chicago Public Radio | Rob Wildeboer | Posted 09.23.2009 | Chicago