NBC Latest Season of “Celebrity Apprentice” to be on Air by 14 March
Submitted by Arun Gupta on Mon, 01/04/2010 - 20:55Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich will now be seen in the latest season of "The Celebrity Apprentice" among 13 other contestants. The Donald Trump hosted show will be on air by March 14 on NBC.
He was not allowed to participate on I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me out of Here! Due to his inability to leave the country for the show.
Impeached Illinois governor launches a Web site
Submitted by Sundeep Matharu on Mon, 08/10/2009 - 07:01Disgraced & displaced former governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich has launched a new Web site on Sunday with an intention to fight for common populace and to get feedback from them.
Rod Blagojevich launched www. Governorrod. com that would allow users to tell him what is on their minds.
Former governor indicted on charges of selling Obama's Senate seat
Submitted by Manish Sood on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 04:09Washington - Rod Blagojevich, former governor of the Midwestern state of Illinois, was indicted Thursday on sweeping corruption charges, four months after he was arrested amid an alleged scam to sell the former Senate seat of President Barack Obama.
Blagojevich takes the TV route to reiterate his innocence
Submitted by Aaron Ross on Tue, 01/27/2009 - 10:03Gov. Rod Blagojevich, the impeached Governor of Illinois, whose impeachment trial took off on Monday, has taken a rather surreal route to put forth his case - making TV appearances to maintain his innocence.
Blagojevich’s chief defense attorney announces his withdrawal
Submitted by Aaron Ross on Sat, 01/24/2009 - 13:12Ed Genson, the chief defense attorney for the scandal-plagued Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, announced Friday that he would not be representing Blagojevich in his state Senate impeachment trial. In announcing his pull out from the case, Genson hinted that the governor refused to take note of his counsel.
Burris sworn-in as Illinois senator
Submitted by Aaron Ross on Fri, 01/16/2009 - 11:03The members of the Senate, who had initially resisted the idea of having a colleague appointed by the impeached Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, gave Roland Burris a polite reception to the famously fussy chamber, maintaining that their opposition was never about Burris personally.
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich impeached by state legislature
Submitted by Aaron Ross on Sat, 01/10/2009 - 16:42The scandal-plagued Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was impeached on Friday by the Illinois legislature - the impeachment being the first of its kind in the history of the state. The House vote, 114-1, has set the stage for a trial in the state Senate - beginning January 26 - which could convict Blagojevich and show him the way out of the office.
Senator Reid called up Gov. Blagojevich to discuss Obama’s vacant seat
Submitted by Aaron Ross on Sun, 01/04/2009 - 17:19According to the Chicago Sun-Times, scandal–plagued Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s spokesman Lucio Guerrero said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid called up the governor on December 3, to converse about the Senate seat that President-elect Barack Obama vacated. Reid reportedly is guilty of a conflict of interest, as he did not want Rep.
Blagojevich appoints Burris to US Senate seat
Submitted by Aaron Ross on Thu, 01/01/2009 - 17:58The 71-year-old first black Attorney General of Illinois, Roland Burris, has suddenly landed himself in the midst of the ongoing controversy surrounding the defamed Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich - he is the governor's pick for filling the Senate seat that President-elect Barack Obama has vacated!
Embattled Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich
Submitted by Manish Sood on Wed, 12/31/2008 - 02:27
Washington - Embattled Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich appointed a replacement Tuesday for the US Senate seat vacated by president-elect Barack Obama, defying warnings from his own party that his choice would not be ac












