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Blagojevich Pay to Play

Blagojevich Took Yearly Ethics Tests With Pay-To-Play Questions

Chicago Sun-Times | DAVE MCKINNEY | Posted 08.13.2009 | Chicago

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Once a year, Rod Blagojevich, Illinois' now-impeached former governor, would sit down at a computer terminal and type in "RODBLAGOJEVICH1210" -- an ea...

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Blagojevich Targeted Tribune Chief Zell For $25,000 Donation

AP | Posted 04.13.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — Internal documents from ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich's campaign reveal that there was a plan to ask billionaire Tribune Co. Chairman Sa...

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Feds Questioning Alderman Mell's Paid Work For Blair Hull's 2004 Senate Bid Done Through Burris Associate

Chicago Sun-Times | CHRIS FUSCO, DAVE MCKINNEY, TIM NOVAK AND NATASHA KORECKI | Posted 04.09.2009 | Chicago

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It was widely known that former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's father-in-law, Ald. Richard Mell (33rd), was supporting wealthy businessman Blair Hull in the U...

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P. Nicholas Hurtgen Pleads Guilty In Scheme Tied To Blagojevich Probe

AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 03.28.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — A politically connected former investment banker pleaded guilty Wednesday to threatening to deny state permission for a suburban hospi...

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Sam Stein

Burris' Ethics Bubble Bursts, Opening Door For Expulsion

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.20.2009 | Politics

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By admitting that he tried, without success, to raise money for former Gov. Rod Blagojevich prior to Blagojevich appointing him to the U.S. Senate, Se...

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Blagojevich Pay-To-Play Probe Eyeing Construction Firms

Chicago Sun-Times | Tim Novak And Chris Fusco | Posted 03.12.2009 | Chicago

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As part of their "pay-to-play" probe of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, federal investigators are examining state bid proposals and other records from 18...

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Blagojevich Used State Plane To Meet With Campaign Donors

AP | JOHN O'CONNOR | Posted 02.15.2009 | Chicago

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gov. Rod Blagojevich took a taxpayer-funded flight to southern Illinois where he attended an unscheduled meeting and raised ...

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Burris and Blagojevich: Yes, There is Appearance of Possible Pay-to-Play

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 02.09.2009 | Chicago

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Carol Felsenthal

Why is no one paying attention to the money ties between Gov. Rod Blagojevich and Roland Burris, who will soon become the junior U.S. Senator from Illinois?

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

WJBC | Jim Anderson and Eric Stock | Posted 01.22.2009 | Chicago

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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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Federal Agents Taped Gov. Blagoejvich: Report

Chicago Tribune | Jeff Coen, John Chase and David Kidwell | Posted 01.05.2009 | Chicago

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Federal investigators recently made covert tape recordings of Gov. Rod Blagojevich in the most dramatic step yet in their corruption investigation of...

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