Convicted former governor says release of wiretaps will exonerate him. Feb. 14, 2011 — -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich continued efforts this week to try and bolster his claim that federal prosecutors ...

A judge in Chicago has approved the release of a federal wiretap of ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich's brother speaking by phone with Democrat Roland Burris. The U.S. Senate Ethics Committee, which is ...

Was Rod Blagojevich simply wondering out loud or did his scheming have serious intent? That is the crux of the arguments that closed his second federal trial Thursday, a do-over following the first ...

Sen. Roland Burris promised to "personally do something" for Rod Blagojevich's campaign fund while pressing for the then-Illinois governor to appoint him to President Obama's former Senate seat, ...

CHICAGO -- An appeals court vacated five convictions and threw out the sentence of former Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Tuesday afternoon. The rest of Blagojevich's convictions were affirmed by the 7th ...

"Now is the time to put my fucking children and my wife first for a change. I fucking busted my ass... I gave your fucking baby health care... What do I get for that? Only 13 percent of you think I'm ...