Articles filed under Political Figures
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The others facing chargesApr 02, 2009 11:00 pm - The five other men indicted Thursday along with former Gov. Rod Blagojevich are: • John Harris, 47, of Chicago. Harris, Blagojevich's chief of staff from late 2005 until...
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Emanuel was targeted for extortionApr 02, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - President Barack Obama's chief of staff and former Chicago Congressman Rahm Emanuel was targeted for extortion under one of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's a...
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The legal challenges of past state officialsApr 02, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Rod Blagojevich is hardly the first former elected official in Illinois to have to spend some time at the federal courthouse after leaving office. Here's a...
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What should Blago say to his kids? Honesty a great policyApr 02, 2009 11:00 pm - Among all the tasks in front of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich in the wake of his indictment on Thursday, one of the trickiest might be how he handles the subject with his ...
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Obama vows to repair rift with EuropeApr 02, 2009 11:00 pm - STRASBOURG, France -- Welcomed with thunderous cheers, President Barack Obama pledged on Friday to repair damaged relations with Europe, saying the world came together f...
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Madigan: Blagojevich indictment confirms distrustApr 02, 2009 11:00 pm - The Illinois attorney general says former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's indictment confirms a long-standing distrust of his administration. Lisa Madigan said Thursday that it a...
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Quinn: I have to repair the damageApr 02, 2009 11:00 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn didn't say much about the 19-count indictment against his predecessor Thursday, other than that it was "serious" and "sad" and that Rod Blagojevich is ent...
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Blagojevich goes to Disney WorldApr 02, 2009 11:00 pm - As a federal grand jury in Chicago finalized an indictment alleging his political career as a corrupt enterprise Thursday, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich apparentl...
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What the indictment allegesApr 02, 2009 11:00 pm - A federal indictment of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich lays out accusations of corruption spanning six years. These are some of the incidents described in the docu...
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Suburban lawmakers, officials react to indictmentApr 02, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Suburban politicians and area officials reacted Thursday to the indictment of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich on sweeping corruption charges dating back to his...