Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich won’t be spending the holidays with his family for a long, long time. Blagojevich was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison Wednesday on 18 counts of felony corruption. Blagojevich was first arrested in December 2008 for attempting to sell the Senate seat President Barack Obama left vacant when he […]
CHICAGO (AP) – Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich called Oprah Winfrey a kingmaker who could influence voters as he mulled naming the talk show host to President Barack Obama’s former Senate seat, according to anFBI tape played Monday at his corruption trial.
Former Illinois Gov. Blagojevich apologizes for saying in a magazine interview that he’s “blacker than Barack Obama.”
