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Rod Blagojevich, left, speaks to reporters as his wife, Patti, listens at the federal building in Chicago. The Associated ... The Chicago Sun-Times reports that in a 34-page brief filed Friday, Solicitor General Noel John Francisco calls Blagojevich's appeal "unwarranted' and "without merit." +1. Blagojevich.

In 2006, when Rod Blagojevich, the Democrat, was running for governor against Judy Baar Topinka, the Republican, I voted for Topinka. Why? Because the flyers I kept getting from the Blagojevich campaign seemed unusually mean. Anyone who would play that dirty wasn't someone to be trusted.
The government's 34-page Supreme Court response, obtained Friday by the I-Team, dismantles Blagojevich's appeal from last November. Blagojevich had argued that the nation's highest court could settle lingering disagreements in lower courts over what constitutes illegal political fundraising by taking up ...
Rod Blagojevich starkly illustrate that Pritzker's insider politics are firmly on the wrong side of ethical lines. In the conversation, Pritzker and Blagojevich chat about who should fill Barack Obama's recently-vacated Senate seat, and at one point, use racialized language. Pritzker is not the guy to take ...
Democratic governor candidate Chris Kennedy on Thursday night accused opponent J.B. Pritzker of using "the language of racists" and not political leaders when he spoke to then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich nearly a decade ago about potential African-American candidates to fill Barack Obama's vacant U.S. ...
FILE - In this March 14, 2012, file photo, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich speaks to the media outside his home in Chicago as his wife, Patti, wipes away tears a day before he was to report to a prison after his conviction on corruption charges. On Monday, July 25, 2016, federal prosecutors said ...
Pritzker apologized for advice he gave to then Governor Rod Blagojevich about possible appointments for the U.S. Senate seat to replace Barack Obama. The Chicago Tribune obtained the audio of the conversation. Pritzker suggested that Blagojevich appoint Secretary of State Jesse White to the post ...
Democratic governor candidate J.B. Pritzker is asking for forgiveness and pledging to give African-Americans a major role in his administration if he wins as he tries to rebuild trust with black voters following the release this week of racially tinged statements he made to then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich in 2008.
Rod Blagojevich, who was convicted of corruption charges in connection with trying to sell the Senate seat vacated by President Barack Obama. Blagojevich is set to finish his 14-year term in May 2024. Jared Fogle, known widely as "the Subway Guy," also is incarcerated there for possessing child ...
Eric Greitens' situation is different than Blagojevich's in many ways. Blagojevich, a Democrat, was convicted on federal corruption charges stemming from his actions as governor. Greitens, a Republican, is accused of violating the state's invasion-of-privacy law during an extramarital affair before his election ...


 

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