Patti Blagojevich frustrated with appeals process

In her first interview since her husband reported to prison in March, Patti Blagojevich expressed her frustration with delays in the appeals process that she hopes will free the former governor.

“It’s incredibly frustrating, I mean, my girls miss their dad,” she told Fox News Chicago. “He’s missing their birthdays. My daughter had her 16th birthday just the other day.”

Patti Blagojevich told the station that lawyers working on the appeals process have been attempting to obtain transcripts from the trial in order to start the process, but those have been unavailable due to a court reporters five and a half-month leave of absence.

“For five months or so we have been waiting for these transcripts to appear,” she told Fox. “Meanwhile, the trials have been over. The first trial has been over for two years. The second trial’s been over a year.”

Patti Blagojevich spoke with a reporter outside their Ravenswood Manor home Tuesday.

The former governor reported to prison March 15 to begin serving his 14-year sentence on corruption charges.