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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Blagojevich, a former "Celebrity Apprentice" contestant, served eight years in prison on charges stemming from his effort to sell Barack Obama's Senate seat after Obama won the 2008 presidential ...

And can President Trump find no one with a clean record to represent Americans as ambassadors? Crime pays, it seems, in Trump's orbit — including the Jan. 6 rioters he pardoned.

including trying to sell Barack Obama’s Senate seat following the former president’s 2008 election victory. In 2020, Trump commuted Blagojevich’s 14-year sentence. Following his impeachment ...

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 ...

In 2011, Blagojevich was convicted on 17 counts of corruption, including an attempt to sell the U.S. Senate seat that former President Barack Obama vacated after being elected to the White House ...

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 ...