Topic: Rob Blagojevich

Jesse Jackson Jr. Tells His Story

Atlanta Daily World - 71 days ago
Congressman Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.. Last week the House Ethics Committee, according to the law and its on-going responsibility, released several...

Jesse Jackson Jr expects to be cleared in ethics probe

The Grio - 110 days ago
U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is predicting he'll be "vindicated" by an ethics investigation into whether he or someone on his behalf offered to...

Blagojevich tapes played at length in court for jury

Reuters US Online Report Top News - 283 days ago
CHICAGO (Reuters) - With his approval ratings low and aides telling him things he did not want to hear, then-Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was angry in late 2008, according to testimony at his corruption trial on Wednesday.Upon learning that he had only ...

Blagojevich jury deliberations entering 13th day

AP News - 552 days ago
Jury at former Ill. Gov. Blagojevich's corruption trial returning for Day 13 of deliberationsJurors at the corruption trial of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich are set to return for a 13th day of deliberations Monday — with the possibility of additional word ...

Blagojevich trial stalls Jackson Jr.'s aspirations

AP News - 563 days ago
Aspirations of US Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. in limbo after allegations in Blagojevich trialJesse Jackson Jr. once possessed the makings of a political star. Son of a civil rights leader and a Democratic congressman with a strong base of support on Chicago ...

Jurors in Blagojevich trial deliberate for 5th day

AP News - 565 days ago
Jurors deliberate for 5th day at corruption trial of former Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich, brotherJurors have begun a fifth day of deliberations in the political corruption trial of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his brother, Tennessee businessman Robert Blagojevich.A federal ...

Jurors urged to convict ex-Illinois governor

AFP American Edition - 573 days ago
Prosecutors urged jurors Monday to convict ousted Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich on a string of corruption charges, including a failed attempt to sell Barack Obama's vacated Senate seat."The law doesn't require you to be a successful crook, it just ...

Defense to start in trial of Blagojevich brothers

AP News - 580 days ago
Defense in Blagojevich trial to begin; lawyers for ousted governor's brother to go firstRod Blagojevich's brother, a year older than the ousted Illinois governor, will go first again this week as their separate attorneys start presenting their defenses to charges ...

Prosecution rests in Blagojevich corruption trial

AP Features - 586 days ago
Prosecutors rested their case Tuesday in the corruption trial of Rod Blagojevich, after presenting more than five weeks of testimony from some of the ousted Illinois governor's closest associates and wiretap tapes secretly recorded by the FBI.The government ended its ...

What have prosecutors proved about Blagojevich?

AP News - 587 days ago
Blagojevich prosecutors preparing to rest case; what's been proved about the former governor?Federal prosecutors have spent five weeks showing Rod Blagojevich spewed a river of profanity while lavishing money on his wardrobe and ducking his job as governor of Illinois ...