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 had previously been convicted of ... This also involved trying to secure campaign money for an appointment to Barack Obama's Senate seat once he was elected president in 2008, charges ...

The criminal case against Blagojevich was centered on a comment he made during a private telephone call in November 2008, following the election of Barack Obama to the presidency. Referring to his ...

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 ...

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 ...

Throughout Rod Blagojevich’s race against my late mother, Judy Baar Topinka, for the post of Illinois governor in 2005, campaign advertisements would state, “What is she thinking?” ...

Blagojevich spent nearly eight years in prison on corruption charges, for, among other things, trying to sell or trade former President Barack Obama's former Senate seat. Five years after ...

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 ...

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 ...