And uh, uh, I’m just not giving it up for … nothing,” said Blagojevich, who as governor had the authority to appoint Obama’s successor. He sought $1.5 million in campaign contributions or ...

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Rumors are circulating on social media that President Donald Trump did not actually pardon Rod Blagojevich, the former ...

So now that Trump has cleaned the criminal slate for Blagojevich, what’s next? “I’m writing a book about the experiences, the story that starts with one president, President Obama ...

Blagojevich was arrested by federal authorities ... for campaign contributions and trying to sell former President Obama’s Senate seat after he was elected to the White House in 2008.

Rod Blagojevich, who was convicted of corruption-related crimes, including trying to sell a U.S. Senate seat vacated by former President Barack Obama. Blagojevich served as the state's governor ...

Blagojevich was convicted in 2011 on charges that included seeking to sell an appointment to then-President Barack Obama’s old Senate seat and trying to shake down a children’s hospital.

Instead, Blagojevich continued to maintain he had ... the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by then-President elect Barack Obama, he didn’t explain that five charges had been dropped because ...

Blagojevich, convicted of trying to sell the Senate seat of then-President-elect Barack Obama, had his 14-year prison sentence commuted by Trump in Feb. 2020, but now the president has gone a step ...

He was subsequently convicted on 18 corruption counts across two trials between 2010 and 2011, stemming from, among other things, attempting in late 2008 to sell then-president elect Barack Obama's ...