Rod Blagojevich, Trial | featured news

Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich deserves a sentence of 15 to 20 years in prison for his convictions on corruption charges, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. Prosecutors said Blagojevich, who was convicted of 18 corruption-related counts including that he tried to sell or trade the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President Barack Obama, should receive more time than his predecessor, former Gov. George Ryan, and a key former fundraiser, Tony Rezko.

Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is scheduled to be sentenced on his multiple corruption charges Dec. 6. The new date appeared on a federal court website Monday. In September, Judge James Zagel had indefinitely delayed an Oct. 6 sentencing date for Blagojevich — apparently because it would have conflicted with a related trial.

A federal judge has postponed the Oct. 6 sentencing in the corruption trial of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

A jury on Monday convicted Rod R. Blagojevich, the former governor of Illinois, of trying to personally benefit from his role in selecting a replacement for President Obama in the United States Senate.

The longer Rod Blagojevich stays up there on the witness stand at his trial, the more his act is wearing thin. That's just my opinion, and I should tell you that his admirers in the courtroom do not share it.

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich took the stand in his corruption trial Thursday morning, finally deciding to tell his side of the story—and subject himself to potentially harsh cross-examination.

After just 2 1/2 weeks of testimony, truncated evidence and curtailed questioning, prosecutors said they expect to rest their case on Thursday in the retrial of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

The judge who presided over Rod Blagojevich's corruption trial refused on Wednesday to throw out the conviction of the former Illinois governor on a single count of lying to investigators.

The judge in the corruption trial of Rod Blagojevich asked the defendants on Tuesday to stay within 30 minutes of court, noting that "the tenor" of a note from jurors indicated a verdict could come this week.

Testimony in the federal corruption trial of Rod Blagojevich wrapped up Wednesday without the ousted Illinois governor taking the stand in his own defense.