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Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and his wife Patti Blagojevich give a statement before leaving the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago after he is found guilty on 17 of 20 counts in his corruption trial.

Blagojevich on guilty verdict: ‘I, frankly, am stunned’

May 16, 2019 at 8:01 a.m.

A federal jury Monday convicted Rod Blagojevich of sweeping corruption, putting an end to a tragicomic legal and political drama that brought downIllinois' showy and would-be populist former governor.In its...

Blagojevich on guilty verdict: ‘I, frankly, am stunned’

August 22, 2019 at 5:13 a.m.

A federal jury Monday convicted Rod Blagojevich of sweeping corruption, putting an end to a tragicomic legal and political drama that brought downIllinois' showy and would-be populist former governor.In its...

Blagojevich case goes to jury

August 22, 2019 at 5:12 a.m.

Whether Rod Blagojevich is a slippery liar who corrupted the state's highest office or just a politician who was innocently thinking out loud when he allegedly tried to sell a...

Blagojevich jury begins deliberations Friday

August 22, 2019 at 5:17 a.m.

The fate of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich is in the hands of a federal jury at his corruption retrial.U. S. District Court Judge James Zagel instructed jurors on the law...

Blagojevich: ‘It’s not what I meant’

June 17, 2018 at 7:25 p.m.

As he weighed whether to name a friend of Barack Obama's to the U.S. Senate, Rod Blagojevich also talked repeatedly on government wiretaps in November 2008 about a number of...

One defendant, yet three sides to Rod Blagojevich

June 16, 2018 at 8:52 p.m.

Rod Blagojevich fancies himself a student of history, one reason he argued at his corruption retrial last week that efforts to leverage a U.S. Senate vacancy into a Cabinet post...

Rod Blagojevich greets the crowd as he arrives at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse today for his fifth day on the stand in his retrial.

Prosecutors question Blago about convicted fundraiser Rezko

June 17, 2018 at 7:36 p.m.

The trial ended for the weekend as Assistant U.S. Atty. Reid Schar was asking if Rod Blagojevich was worried that convicted fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko was cooperating against him. Was...

It’s ‘(bleeping) golden’ time

January 29, 2019 at 8:41 p.m.

Over four days of testimony at his corruption retrial, Rod Blagojevich has had ready answers to explain away a trove of famous and potentially incriminating quotes he uttered on government...

Blago: ‘Not interested’ in selling Obama’s Senate seat

August 22, 2019 at 5:17 a.m.

Before Rod Blagojevich's retrial ended for the day, the former governor addressed in the most detail yet the charges he tried to sell Barack Obama's Senate seat.Blagojevich denied interest after...

‘I’m Rod Blagojevich’

January 29, 2019 at 8:41 p.m.

Rod Blagojevich gave what amounted to the campaign speech of his life Thursday directed at just 12 voters -- members of the jury that will decide whether he misused his...

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