The source for everything Blago. News, trial, antics, career, and products. It's all hair. Updated daily until the verdict is handed down and he is sentenced... or freed.
Highlights
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Oct 19 2009Rod Blagojevich spotted waiting tables in Burger Heaven in Manhattan
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Sep 18 2009Rod Blagojevich's guest seat from Jimmy Kimmel Live Show sells for $10,200 on Ebay -
Aug 8 2009Rod Blagojevich sings Elvis song at Chicago neighborhood festival -
Dec 9 2008Rod Blagojevich Governor of Illinois Arrested
Timeline
Dec
2011
Dec 7
A contrite former Gov. Rod Blagojevich was sentenced Wednesday to 14 years in federal prison, capping one of the state's worst political scandals and humbling a controversial and defiant figure who...
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Dec 6
After all his claims of innocence and facing years in prison, Rod Blagojevich let his lawyers make an admission that he has so far avoided — that he is, in fact, guilty of public corruption. ...
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Nov
2011
Nov 22
The federal sentencing hearing for convicted influence peddler Antoin "Tony" Rezko — once a friend and personal real estate fairy to President Barack Obama— had just begun in Chicago. ...
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Nov 7
Impeached Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich plans to make a statement to the court at his newly scheduled sentencing hearing in December, his attorney said Monday.
The attorney’s comments came as a...
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Nov 1
For decades, William Cellini was feared and respected at the highest reaches of state government — advising governors, screening state Cabinet officials, controlling federal appointments and winning...
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Jun
2011
Jun 27
A federal jury found former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich guilty of 17 of the 20 counts he was accused of, including those related to trying to sell or trade President Barack Obama's old Senate...
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Jun 10
Jurors at the retrial of ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich have begun deliberating.
Judge James Zagel told lawyers during a hearing on Friday that he was giving jurors copies of jury...
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Jun 8
Prosecutors said they will give a lengthy closing argument to rebut the ex-governor's seven days on the witness stand.
Before closings and outside of the jury's presence, Judge James Zagel said he...
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May
2011
May 26
Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich testified in his retrial on federal corruption charges Thursday, saying he had waited two and a half years for the opportunity.
“I used to be your governor and I’m here...
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May 25
Illinois Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. and former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel (Chicago’s new mayor) created a sort of media frenzy when they appeared at the Dirksen federal courthouse in...
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May 2
It might be called the low-budget sequel.
In opening statements for Rod Blagojevich’s retrial on Monday, the defense dropped the showmanship, and the prosecution significantly slimmed its case,...
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Apr
2011
Apr 20
Judge James Zagel is expected to start questioning potential jurors today for the retrial of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. More than a hundred potential jurors showed up to federal court...
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Apr 13
Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich criticized prosecutors on Wednesday for trying to bar his lawyers from telling jurors that wiretaps admitted as evidence against him represent only a fraction...
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Jan
2011
