Topic: Rod Blagojevich
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich on Wednesday was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for political corruption including attempting to sell the U.S. Senate seat vacated by then president-elect Barack Obama.Blagojevich, who turns 55 on Saturday, must serve ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Lawyers for disgraced former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich asked a federal judge on Tuesday to show mercy in sentencing him for his federal conviction on multiple corruption counts.The lawyers said Blagojevich did not profit personally from his conduct and ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Rod Blagojevich may have talked a lot and sought campaign money, but he didn't do anything illegal, his lawyer told a federal jury on Thursday."He didn't commit one crime," attorney Aaron Goldstein told jurors in closing arguments in Blagojevich's ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A prosecutor on Wednesday compared Rod Blagojevich to a dirty cop shaking down a motorist for money over a speeding ticket, and told the jury in closing trial arguments that the former Illinois governor repeatedly used his power for ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Prosecutors ended their cross examination of Rod Blagojevich on Tuesday by pressing the former Illinois governor to explain whether he was considering a deal worth $1.5 million in campaign contributions in exchange for appointing Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. to ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Taking the stand in his own defense in his federal corruption trial, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Thursday denied allegations that he tried to shake down business executives in exchange for official action during his six years in ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Attorneys for Rod Blagojevich promised to call "prominent" witnesses as early as Wednesday when they begin presenting the defense of the former Illinois governor charged with using his office for personal gain.While lead defense attorney Sheldon Sorosky did not ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich delayed signing a law favorable to the horse racing industry to put pressure on a racetrack owner to raise $100,000 in political donations in 2008, a former advisor to the governor testified on Tuesday.Lon ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Disgraced former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich did not want to mix fundraising and governing, a former aide said on Monday, but other witnesses said political donations and government favors were linked.The admission from former aide John Wyma came during ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Rod Blagojevich's former top aide testified on Tuesday that he was asked by the Illinois governor what Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat might be worth.The conversation took place in October 2008, about a month before Obama won the presidency, ...
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