By Craig Wall FOX Chicago News CHICAGO — Pam Davis said convicted former governor Rod Blagojevich has lost his sense of reality. “I feel a sense of vindication that justice has finally been served,” Davis said. “It’s taken more than eight years, but I do think truth prevailed.” It has been a long journey for…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s certainly understandable that ex-Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich would be under a lot of stress. His travails began in 2008 when he was arrested on a number of public corruption charges. Since then, it’s been all down hill. He was removed from office, and he faced two high-profile, highly-stressful public corruption…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ok, so I wouldn’t have given ex-Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich 14 years in prison for his infinite arrogance and his corrupt ways. Ten or 12 would have sufficed. That being said, I can’t say he didn’t deserve getting the toughest sentence of any crooked Illinois governor. He never stopped yapping and…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In political corruption cases, how much prison time is enough? Fed prosecutors in the case of Rod Blagojevich — the world’s most talkative ex-governor — are recommending that he get 15 to 20 years at sentencing, which is set for Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Chicago. Yes, Blagojevich was a…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Fed prosecutors in Chicago want ex-Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich to go away to prison for a long long time. The Associated Press reports that prosecutors said in court papers filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Chicago that Blago deserves a sentence of 15 to 20 years, suggesting he misused his…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com No suprise: Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich won’t ride off into the sunset — or head to prison — quitely. The Chicago Tribune reported that Blagojevich, who was convicted last month of 17 of 20 public corruption charges in his retrial, filed a motion Monday for a retrial, alleging judicial bias and…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Soon we’ll get the verdict in the Blago II trial and we’ll start to evaluate what it means for Chicago U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald. The jury begins the fifth day of deliberations on Thursday. The first trial did not bode so well for Fitzgerald, the rock star among U.S. Attorneys. The…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Loaded for bear, federal prosecutors began their cross examination Thursday of the ever-chatty ex-Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich with a very blunt question. “Mr. Blagojevich, you are a convicted liar, correct?” Assistant U.S. Attorney Reid Schar asked, according to the Chicago Tribune. “Yes,” answered Blagojevich, according to the Trib. His lawyers tried…
