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- Governor Hires Drew Peterson's PR Firm 11:52am Jan 24
- Illinois Campaign for Political Reform 10:37am Dec 15
- Litigator of the Week: Patrick Fitzgerald 9:47am Dec 12
The Arrest of Rod Blagojevich
“People seem to like me here,” he said... “No ‘F you!’ or ‘Yo, F off!’ like you get some
places. Maybe I should be a New Yorker.”
www.newyorker.com
Talk story about Rod Blagojevich’s memoir “The Governor: Finally, the Truth Behind the Political Scandal That Continues to Rock the Nation.” Blagojevich has been in and out of midtown quite a lot since his arrest last winter. ...
www.chicagobreakingnews.com
Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich blames overzealous prosecutors and political enemies for his downfall in a new book that offers glimpses of both his rocky six-year tenure and his upcoming criminal defense.
Illinois' embattled governor has hired the same public relations firm that represents former suburban Chicago police officer Drew Peterson. That decision by Gov...
The Arrest of Rod Blagojevich
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/13/us/13b
"In the month since his arrest, he has signed more than a dozen bills, issued 22 pardons (before his arrest, he had granted 115 pardons over six years), and actually showed up to his Thompson Center office more often, say his bewildered building mates, than ever before."
Presumably because it's not bugged.
The Illinois Campaign for Political Reform is a non-partisan public interest group that conducts research and advocates reforms to promote public participation in government, address the role of money in politics and encourage integrity, accountability, and transparency in government...
Before he was appointed U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois he had been to Chicago once, for a friend's wedding. His unfamiliarity was no accident: Senator Peter Fitzgerald recommended Pat Fitzgerald for the Chicago U.S...
"Mr Blagojevich, strapped for cash and burdened by a years-long federal investigation into his administration, stopped paying a portion of the millions of dollars in legal fees owed to the law firm Winston & Strawn, according to these people." Yesterday, the Reader's M...ichael Miner pointed out this...
“I did not know the process had been corrupted,” [Jackson said]. Depends on your definitions of the words "know" and "corrupted". http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/11/us/politics/11jackson.html?_r=1&hp
As United States attorney in Chicago, Patrick J. Fitzgerald on Tuesday unveiled the indictment of his second Illinois governor in five years, the latest in a streak of prosecutions that have made him a folk hero in a state beleaguered by official crime. Mr...
The Arrest of Rod Blagojevich
video of press conference: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oro7mbhN8
ROD BLAGOJEVICH, AKA BLAGO, the governor of Illinois, is at his tacky Ravenswood home, on the phone. His wife is sprawled on the couch behind him, petting a fur coat made entirely of hundreds of white kittens. Blago waves a copy of the Chicago Tribune as he speaks...
One day after being arrested on federal corruption charges, Blagojevich turns 52 on Wednesday. http://www.myfoxstl.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=8040265&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1
An obscure part of the constitution provides for the Illinois Supreme Court to become involved if the governor’s ability to serve is called into question. The provision was designed mainly to deal with a case where a governor’s mental health was in question. h...
