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President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday joined others calling for Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to resign, distancing himself further from the unfolding scandal over allegations that the ...

Blagojevich seems to believe that Obama's team was aware of - and had rejected - his offers, telling Harris in a wiretapped Nov. 11 conversation that Obama was "not willing to give (Blagojevich ...

Blagojevich endorsed Obama for U.S. Senate in 2004. The AP reported in 2006 that Obama said, "We've got a governor in Rod Blagojevich who has delivered consistently on behalf of the people of ...

Rod Blagojevich, who was convicted in 2012 on corruption charges related, in part, to an attempt to sell an appointment to the U.S. Senate seat Obama vacated when Obama was elected president in ...

But Obama and Blagojevich shared pieces of the Chicago political network, which is why this has been an uncomfortable week for Obama's presidential transition team.

Invoking his wartime commander-in-chief authority, NEWSWEEK Editor Jon Meacham has granted yours truly, a lowly investigative correspondent, sweeping subpoena power to demand that President-elect ...

President-elect Barack Obama comes from the same city and state as Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, and it was the Obama seat in the Senate that Blagojevich is accused of trying to sell.

Obama advised and endorsed Blagojevich in 2002 and 2006, and his new White House chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, also advised the governor during his first run.

One of the last chances for former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to win early release from federal prison rests on a pending decision by the man whose Senate seat Blagojevich was convicted of ...

Hirsh: The Blagojevich Scandal and Obama's Ethics. Published Dec 10, 2008 at 7:00 PM EST Updated Mar 13, 2010 at 7:12 PM EST. By Michael Hirsh . Newsweek Is A Trust Project Member. FOLLOW.

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