Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich Files Lawsuit Seeking Right to Run for Office in Federal prosecutors said they plan to end his supervised release early. The former politician maintains his innocence. It's a voting rights issue. Blagojevich, 64, was arrested in December 2008 on an array of corruption charges, including the proposed sale of President-elect Barack Obamas Senate seat and trying to shake down executives from a childrens hospital and the horse racing industry for campaign contributions in exchange for official acts in office. In this Aug. 15, 2007 file photo, Illinois former Gov. Blagojevich He also argues he was denied the right to present potentially exculpatory evidence, including the full federal wiretaps. J.B. Pritzker tried to keep him in jail because the Democrat establishment is afraid of what he knows and what [he] will say soon. Its concerning that Mike Madigan might get off the hook. "I saw how it affects people of colortheyre made to do decades of prison time for things, for mistakes that they made or wrongs they committed that any fair-minded society would not allow," he said. It's more political-at least as part political and legal-and so it's not at all clear that he has the same right, the same due process protections as he would in a criminal proceeding. Rod Blagojevich appeared in federal court in Chicago, he watched sullenly via a video link from prison as a judge Rod Blagojevich reaches over a railing to shake supporters' hands at his home in Chicago. DMK has gone through changes during the pandemic. Its the third midsize bank to fail in two months. Thats a bigger fee than a lot of washed-up TV stars and athletes (although not, to Rods chagrin, as much as Mike Tyson or Brett Favre), and has provided Blagojevich a greater income than he earned as governor of Illinois.
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