Impeachment is a serious process. Briefly, it means that an elected public servant is so bad that he/she should be removed from office before his/h...
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...
Erica Heller | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics
Watching Blago, the narcissistic, wacko windbag it's been pretty hard to avoid that creeping, familial feeling of rage, shame and scalding irritation.
Daily Herald | Dan Carden | Posted 02.28.2009 | Chicago
SPRINGFIELD - When it comes to Gov. Rod Blagojevich's personal finances, the man who once wanted campaign money so badly he allegedly shook down a chi...
AP | CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 02.28.2009 | Chicago
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gov. Rod Blagojevich has asked to make a statement at the impeachment trial he has so far avoided, but still refuses to answ...
Chicago Tribune | Monique Garcia | Posted 02.27.2009 | Chicago
Illinois Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan said today that Gov. Rod Blagojevich is "making a mockery of the constitution" by failing to participate in his impea...
Chicago Sun-Times | Mark Brown | Posted 02.27.2009 | Chicago
SPRINGFIELD -- As the impeachment tribunal of Gov. Blagojevich got off to a sleepy start Monday with the governor performing on Broadway instead of at...
The Huffington Post | Posted 02.27.2009 | Chicago
As Gov. Rod Blagojevich courted public sympathy on a national media blitz Monday, "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" offered little solace. In the seg...
AP | CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 02.27.2009 | Chicago
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gov. Rod Blagojevich was hundreds of miles away, but his voice captivated the Illinois Senate Tuesday as impeachment prosecu...
Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics
For shame, America, impeach a guy over extramarital oral sex, but not waterboarding?
The Huffington Post | Posted 02.27.2009 | Chicago
Rod Blagojevich was convicted by the Illinois Senate 59-0 Thursday, immediately stripping the impeached governor of power and banning him from ever ho...
George Spyros | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.27.2009 | Media
Today, rather than participate in his own impeachment, embattled Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is mounting his full spectrum charm offensive on television.
State Journal-Register | Rhys Saunders | Posted 02.27.2009 | Chicago
"That's the governor's choice as to what he does with his time, but Barbara Walters is not on his jury," [U.S. Sen. Dick] Durbin said. "Fifty-nine Ill...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.27.2009 | Media
The Illinois State Senate wants to put their governor, the thick-haired Rod Blagojevich, on trial today in the hopes of removing him from office. But...
AP | CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 02.25.2009 | Chicago
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gov. Rod Blagojevich's impeachment trial opened Monday with a vacant chair reserved for the governor, who boycotted the proc...
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.
Chicago Tribune | Eric Zorn | Posted 02.23.2009 | Chicago
Blagojevich has invoked the name of new White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel numerous times today, saying he wants to summon Emanuel to the witnes...
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 Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 02.23.2009 | Chicago
If Gov. Blagojevich wants to invoke the insanity defense, he won't get an argument from Mayor Daley. Daley turned into an amateur psychiatrist Friday...
The Huffington Post | Posted 02.23.2009 | Chicago
Impeached Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich likened his upcoming Senate trial to "a hanging" Friday and said that he will boycott the proceedings because ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.23.2009 | Media
Yes! Rod Blagojevich press conference Fridays! With all the convolutions of the Lost season premiere, only with graft, and poetry. "It is hard to l...
The Huffington Post | Posted 02.23.2009 | Chicago
Gov. Rod Blagojevich continued his assault on the rules of his upcoming impeachment trial Friday morning, telling a radio audience that the "fix is in...
AP | JOHN O'CONNOR | Posted 02.20.2009 | Chicago
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Tuesday missed his second deadline for filing formal answers to an impeachment charge, with...
AP | Posted 02.14.2009 | Chicago
The new Illinois House has voted 117-1 to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich with his sister-in-law as the lone "no" vote. Rep. Deborah Mell voted Wednesda...
Hermene Hartman | Posted 02.28.2009 | Chicago