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Rod Blagojevich Will Star on 'Celebrity Apprentice' Despite Prosecutors' Concerns
By Emily Miller - Politics DailyFormer Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, under federal indictment for corruption, is one of the stars of the next season of the NBC reality show, "Celebrity Apprentice." The show is hosted and produced by Donald Trump and will premier on March 14.Blagojevich was removed from office a year ago after being indicted and impeached. ...
2009's Top 10 Scandals
By Steve Pendlebury - AOL News(Dec. 28) -- Corrupt politicians, cheaters, hypocrites, creeps, con artists and publicity hounds. That reads like any other year's roster of people behaving badly. A beauty pageant, a state dinner, the Appalachian Trail, a golf club, a funny-looking balloon -- plus a bunch of kids. All of that sounds downright wholesome. Mix them together, stir in too much reality TV and a couple of sex tapes, and you get the uniquely spicy concoction that is the 2009 edition of the year's biggest scandals. ...
Quinn, Ryan Lead Primary Races for Governor in Illinois
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyIllinois Gov. Pat Quinn, who took the job after Rod Blagojevich was ousted amid corruption charges, has a big lead over state comptroller Dan Hynes, who is challenging him for the Democratic nomination, according to a Chicago Tribune/WGN-TV poll conducted Dec. 2-8. The primary will be held Feb. 2. ...
Burglars Hit Offices of Rod Blagojevich's Defense Lawyers
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyThe offices of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's defense lawyers have been robbed and police said thieves made off with eight computers and a safe. Investigators were interviewing the attorneys, trying to determine whether any data related to Blagojevich's federal fraud case were on the computers' hard drives, the Associated Press reported. Police said the burglars tripped an alarm during the break-in overnight. The robbery occurred at the Chicago offices of defense lawyer Sam Adam and his son, Samuel E. Adam. They are part of the legal team defending Blagojevich on charges that he ...
Top 10 Lists of 2009 Google Searches Dominated by Democrats, but Not Obama
By Emily Miller - Politics DailyGoogle on Tuesday released the top searches within the United States for 2009; the results are surprising and interesting. The top Google searches for senators show that people are more interested in reading about Democrats than Republicans -- only Chuck Grassley of Iowa at No. 9 made the list for the GOP. And it also shows that people are doing more searches for senators with key roles in legislation than for senators caught up in scandals. No surprise, Ted Kennedy tops the Senate Google searches, as he died this year. Second on the Senate list is Nelson, but the Google people don't tell us ...
Sen. Roland Burris Slapped By Senate Ethics Committee
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailySen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) was slapped by the Senate Select Committee on Ethics on Friday for his changing and misleading stories about how former Gov. Rod Blagojevich came to appoint him to fill President Obama's Senate seat. In a letter, the panel concluded Burris' actions "reflected unfavorably on the Senate." ...
Another Former Aide To Testify Against Rod Blagojevich
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyRod Blagojevich's former chief of staff and campaign manager will testify against his old boss in the upcoming corruption trial. As part of a plea deal, Alonzo Monk agreed Tuesday to take the stand against the former Illinois governor in exchange for a reduced sentence of 24 months in federal prison, according to the Wall Street Journal. Monk pleaded guilty to mail fraud after admitting that he tried to trade campaign contributions from a horse track owner for legislation that would favor the horse racing industry. Monk, 51, has been part of the former governor's inner circle since the two ...
Rod Blagojevich Doesn't Rule Out Political Comeback
By David Sessions - Politics DailyTraipsing around New York to promote his upcoming memoir, "The Governor," former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich said he is "not writing myself off" for a return to public service, if the public -- like the woman who called him a "rotten politician" at the airport last week -- will ever get with the program. In a barside interview with New Yorker editor David Remnick, Blagojevich compared his situation to those of other disgraced politicians like Winston Churchill and his personal model, Richard Nixon. ...
Report: Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. Used Staff in 'Public Campaign' for Obama's Senate Seat
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyA report by the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) says Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. used his congressional staff to mount a "public campaign" to be appointed by then-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to fill Barack Obama's open U.S. Senate seat. On the Jackson matter, the OCE report said, "In the course of conducting this review, the OCE learned that staff resources of the Representative's Washington, D.C., and Chicago, Illinois, offices were used to mount a 'public campaign' to secure the Representative's appointment to the U.S. Senate." The Department of Justice has asked the House Committee on ...
Sen. Roland Burris Will Not Run for Election in 2010
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailySen. Roland Burris, who has next to no campaign cash, no political operation and no support from any major Democrat in Illinois or national politics, will not run to keep the seat in 2010, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting. ...
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