Former Illinois Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich gushed about Donald Trump after the Republican president commuted his sentence for political corruption, speaking Wednesday at a press event outside his Chicago home that sounded like an extended campaign ad for the president. ...

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Rod Blagojevich returned home to Chicago early Wednesday, shaking hands and signing autographs after President Donald Trump cut short the 14-year prison sentence handed to the former Illinois governor for political corruption. Blagojevich landed at O’Hare airport hours after walking ...

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Rod Blagojevich, the former Illinois governor found guilty of trying to trade President Barack Obama’s U.S. Senate seat for campaign cash or personal favors, was sentenced to 14 years in prison.

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Rod Blagojevich crows as if a federal jury in Chicago had set him free. He seems to think that not being found guilty is the same thing as being found not guilty. It isn’t. He says the mostly indecisive end ...

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They were close. After three weeks of respectful but increasingly tense deliberations, 11 jurors were ready to convict Rod Blagojevich of what prosecutors called a “political corruption crime spree” that would have sent yet another former Illinois governor to prison. ...

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Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, on trial for corruption in Chicago federal court, was found guilty of making false statements to federal agents. The jury deadlocked on the remaining 23 counts Blagojevich faced. Prosecutors said immediately after the verdict was ...

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Attorneys for former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich Sam Adam Jr., left, and Sam Adam Sr., right, leave the Federal Court building for lunch Tuesday in Chicago, during closing arguments in their client's federal corruption trial.

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A key aide who was by the side of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich through most of his political career took the stand in his corruption trial Wednesday to testify against his old law school roommate. Alonzo Monk is considered ...

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Rod Blagojevich, the ex-governor of Illinois, tried to use his office to benefit himself, a U.S. prosecutor told a federal court jury composed of his former constituents. Between taking office in 2003 and his arrest in 2008, Blagojevich was “trying ...

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Rod Blagojevich, the former Illinois governor indicted on corruption charges, received a judge’s permission to hire three attorneys to be paid from his campaign funds at the rate of $110 an hour. U.S. District Judge James B. Zagel in Chicago ...

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As Alonzo Monk, former chief of staff to indicted former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich told a judge he’s not guilty of a related wire fraud charge, a U.S. prosecutor said the ex-aide may soon change his plea. “We expect to ...

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