Here is how Blagojevich’s saga unfolded — from arrest, through impeachment proceedings and the justice system. At 6:15 a.m., Gov. Rod Blagojevich is roused from his Ravenswood Manor home ...

CHICAGO Accused of trying to sell the Senate seat left open by Pres-Elect Barack Obama, Governor Rod Blagojevich was arrested on federal corruption charges Tuesday morning. He appeared in court ...

Gov. Blagojevich and his chief of staff John Harris were arrested at their homes this morning in a probe involving the governor’s quest to fill Sen. Barack Obama’s Senate seat. The charges ...

CHICAGO -- Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was roused from bed, arrested and handcuffed Tuesday after prosecutors said he was caught on wiretaps audaciously scheming to sell Barack Obama's vacant ...

One year ago this week, then-Governor Rod Blagojevich was handcuffed by the FBI. The early morning arrest was followed by the rapid conclusion of his political career. That day, there was shock ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested Tuesday on charges of conspiring to get financial benefits through his authority to appoint a U.S. senator to fill the vacancy left by ...

Rod Blagojevich, a fellow Chicago Democrat and the man with the sole authority to choose Obama's successor. Not 24 hours later, FBI agents arrested Blagojevich on public corruption charges.

By Monica Davey and Mitch Smith CHICAGO — Rod R. Blagojevich, whose criminal sentence President Trump has commuted, became a household name when he was arrested 12 years ago on an explosive ...

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) and his chief of staff were arrested Tuesday morning in what prosecutors describe as a “political corruption crime spree” that included a conspiracy to ...

Rod Blagojevich, but the man on the hot seat isn ... in to ruins and his very freedom in peril after a December 9, 2008 arrest on federal corruption charges. He stands accused of trying to ...

Rod Blagojevich is a former Democratic governor ... including several political associates who were arrested and convicted, Blagojevich was arrested in 2008 at his home in Chicago’s Ravenswood ...