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Federal judge sets Blagojevich trial for June 2010

June 26, 2009 08:27:00 AM

A judge in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on Thursday set the corruption trial of former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich for June 3, 2010. Lawyers for two aids indicted...

May 27, 2009 08:47:00 AM

US v. Blagojevich, et al., In re: Motion to Disclose Intercepted Communications to the United States Senate Select Committee on Ethics, US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, May 27, 2009 [holding that recorded conversations between the brother...

May 27, 2009 08:33:00 AM

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that recorded conversations between the brother of former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich , Robert Blagojevich, and Illinois Senator Roland Burris could be released to the US...

April 14, 2009 03:38:00 PM

Former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich pleaded not guilty to corruption charges Tuesday before the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois . Earlier this month, Blagojevich was indicted on 16 felony...

April 3, 2009 08:07:00 AM

Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich , his brother Robert Blagojevich, and four associates were indicted on corruption charges Thursday by a federal grand jury. Rod Blagojevich was charged with 16 felonies including wire fraud, attempted...

March 7, 2009 02:27:00 PM

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on Friday rejected an attempt by former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich to have US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald of the US Attorney's...

February 24, 2009 08:02:00 AM

US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Monday dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari to a Chicago federal corruption case. Three former aides to Chicago Mayor Richard Daley appealed their convictions...

February 19, 2009 08:01:00 AM

JURIST Guest Columnist David Harris of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that in light of the damage done to the justice system, our collective belief in the rule of law, and to the persons and families involved,...

February 7, 2009 01:37:00 PM

Matt Belcher : "As the "Governor Rod" story ends (for the time being) I wonder if "Citizen Rod" - the future "Defendant please rise Rod" - ever looks in the mirror and wonders how this all happened....

January 29, 2009 05:56:00 PM

The Illinois State Senate voted unanimously Thursday to convict Governor Rod Blagojevich of abuse of power and remove him from office. Blagojevich, who had been boycotting the impeachment proceedings , arrived...

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