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Rod R. Blagojevich (/ b l ə ˈ ɡ ɔɪ. ə v ɪ tʃ / blə-GOY-ə-vitch; born December 10, 1956), often referred to by his nickname "Blago", [2] [3] is an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009. He was impeached, removed from office, convicted, and incarcerated for eight years on federal charges of ...
Governor Rod Blagojevich (left) and Rahm Emanuel, Obama's Chief of Staff (center) Blagojevich was aware that Barack Obama would have preferred "Senate Candidate #1" (Valerie Jarrett), and made efforts to obtain favors in exchange for appointing Jarrett for the U.S. Senate seat. [13]
Blagojevich was convicted of 17 counts at trial in June 2011 and served about eight years of his 14-year sentence before the commutation from Trump in early 2020, shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic.
A number of controversies related to Rod Blagojevich, formerly the Governor of Illinois, were covered in the press during and after his administration. [1] In addition to a reputation for secrecy that was noted by the Associated Press, [2] Blagojevich was the subject of political, legal, and personal controversies similar to those of his predecessor, Republican Governor George Ryan.
A federal judge this week channeled one of the most famous children’s authors of the last century in telling off ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich for his efforts to regain the right to run for ...
Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich spoke to Scripps News about the indictment of former President Donald Trump in Georgia, where he and 18 others are charged with interfering in the 2020 ...
Blagojevich, a Democrat, was a former governor of Illinois and a contestant on Trump's reality TV show, The Celebrity Apprentice. [75] Convicted of attempting to sell the Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama, plus extortion by withholding state funds being directed towards a children's hospital and a race track.
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