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Blagojevich jury’s advice: Keep it simple

August 22, 2021 at 10:51 p.m.

At the start of their marathon deliberations, jurors in the Rod Blagojevich corruption trial were handed more than 100 pages of instructions that they came to refer to as "the...

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...

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...

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...

Former Deputy Gov. Robert Greenlee testified that he had to corner Blagojevich at Southport Lanes, where he was having dinner with his family, to get the governor to review several pending measures.

Blagojevich often MIA, aides say

March 29, 2019 at 3:03 p.m.

Rod Blagojevich's approval ratings had tanked and he was furious. Illinois voters were ingrates, the former governor complained to an aide on an undercover recording played at his corruption trial...

Jesse Jackson Jr. knew of $1 million offer for Senate seat, prosecutors say

June 18, 2018 at 1:55 a.m.

A supporter of U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. told the Democratic congressman in 2008 that he would raise $1 million in return for then- Gov. Rod Blagojevich naming Jackson to...

Blagojevich told FBI of ‘firewall’

June 16, 2018 at 6:58 a.m.

It could almost be called the forgotten charge against Rod Blagojevich, the 24th and final count in his corruption indictment, the one that accuses the former governor of lying to...

Patti Blagojevich, wife of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, enters the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago for her husband's federal corruption trial.

Prosecutors paint Blagojevich as Imelda Marcos of Illinois

June 16, 2018 at 8:45 p.m.

From his meticulously tailored suits to his crisp, white shirts and silky, blue power ties, Rod Blagojevich shows up at his corruption trial each day looking like a million bucks....

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich arrives at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse with his wife, Patti, for a second day of testimony from ex-aide Doug Scofield.

Another aide admits being a yes man

June 18, 2018 at 10:45 a.m.

It's safe to say that Doug Scofield wasn't the most enthusiastic of messengers for Rod Blagojevich in the former governor's alleged quest to profit from a U.S. Senate appointment. "Every...

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