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Blagojevich issue casts shadow on Emanuel

August 22, 2019 at 5:10 a.m.

Much will be made of Rahm Emanuel's ties to President Barack Obama as Emanuel returns to Chicago in preparation for a mayoral run, but he also will have to deal...

Rod Blagojevich is lone target now that brother is cleared

June 16, 2018 at 6:48 a.m.

Federal prosecutors dropped all charges Thursday against Rod Blagojevich's older brother, betting that putting one fewer Blagojevich on trial could make it easier to convict the allegedly corrupt former governor...

Blagojevich hearing could answer question over lawyers

June 18, 2018 at 10:59 a.m.

The retrial of Rod Blagojevich could look decidedly different from the first go-around if the bombastic father-and-son team of Sam Adam and Sam Adam Jr. drops off the case, as...

Blagojevich could face retrial by early next year; legal team could shrink

June 16, 2018 at 8:46 a.m.

Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich could face another trial by early next year, and next time, far fewer lawyers could represent him because taxpayers will bear the cost. At a private...

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse after the verdict in his corruption trial. Blagojevich was found guilty on just one of 24 counts.

Blagojevich convicted on 1 of 24 counts

August 21, 2019 at 4:51 p.m.

As governor, Rod Blagojevich was a personal and political riddle, and the muddled end Tuesday to his summer-long federal corruption trial did little to clear up the mystery. After 14...

Blagojevich didn’t take the stand but still could take the heat — from his own lawyers

August 22, 2021 at 10:38 p.m.

Rod Blagojevich was a politician who took great delight in savaging his many foes as incompetent, cowardly, cynical and selfish. Call it karma. Call it irony. Call it a taste...

Blagojevich won’t testify

August 22, 2021 at 10:37 p.m.

From reality TV shows and late-night chat fests to the sidewalk outside the federal courthouse where a jury will decide his fate, former Gov. Rod Blagojevich has spent more than...

Chatty ex-governor to testify

March 29, 2019 at 5:51 p.m.

Rod Blagojevich has loaded his witness list with star power, but no one's performance will matter as much — or be as highly expected — as his own. The beleaguered...

Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich arrives at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse for a hearing in which he will learn if he'll be allowed to leave the country to participate in a reality TV show. When he arrived at the courthouse, someone handed him a green Tiffany Co. gift bag.

Former governor hit for alleged corruption, grandiosity

June 17, 2018 at 7:54 p.m.

Over the six weeks that prosecutors laid out their case against Rod Blagojevich, witnesses and secret wiretaps portrayed the former governor as extravagant, obsessed with his own looks and image,...

John Wyma, a former Blagojevich adviser, leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse after testifying in the federal corruption trial of Rod Blagojevich.

Rod Blagojevich confidant tells why he talked to FBI

March 30, 2019 at 3:12 a.m.

John Wyma had been a close friend and ally of Rod Blagojevich's for years, serving as his chief of staff when he was in Congress, his political director during his...

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