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Disgraced Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich: Lawsuit Will Clear Way for Another Run for Office
Breitbart ^ | 08/02/2021 | Warner Todd Huston

Posted on 08/03/2021 6:42:47 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Former Illinois Democrat Governor and convicted felon Rod Blagojevich claimed that a lawsuit he filed Monday would vacate his corruption conviction and open the door to run for office again.

Blagojevich was removed from office in 2009 after being prosecuted on corruption charges for attempting to sell the U.S. Senate seat that was then being vacated by Barack Obama who resigned after winning the presidency.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: blagojevich; illinois; lawsuit; office
I heard him last night on a local radio show. I am hoping he blows the lid off the democrat mafia in IL and tells all. He was also defending Trump.
1 posted on 08/03/2021 6:42:47 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Could be a thorn in their side? I welcome it..


2 posted on 08/03/2021 6:51:23 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

Blago’s sentence was commuted, not pardoned.

Looks like he is tilting with windmills.


3 posted on 08/03/2021 6:56:21 AM PDT by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Lot of ‘ifs’ in this story. Timing-wise? 2022 is another Illinois senate race...Duckworth is back up. Would be interesting to have a primary situation between Blago and Duckworth.


4 posted on 08/03/2021 6:57:07 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Blago is an example of why the RATs march in lockstep with their jackboots. Get out of line and you end up like he did...or worse.


5 posted on 08/03/2021 7:03:02 AM PDT by Nateman (If the Left is not screaming , you are doing it wrong.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Go Blago, go.


6 posted on 08/03/2021 7:03:59 AM PDT by OKSooner (Salute the Marines.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“Disgraced” ?
Hardly. He’s a democrat.

democrats have no shame.


7 posted on 08/03/2021 7:04:46 AM PDT by farmguy
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To: ChicagoConservative27

If I remember correctly Blagojevich was brought down and went to prison for asking for $50,000 to appoint a certain individual to an open Senate seat.

Compare that to what the MF’s in Washington are getting away with today.


8 posted on 08/03/2021 7:08:00 AM PDT by billyboy15
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Rod Blagojevich did not kill himself next month...................


9 posted on 08/03/2021 7:30:08 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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Also never forget that “Blago” was quick to throw insurance companys, and politicians under the bus. Specifically countrywide for screwing working class people. “Blago” was teeing up a fight with major lending institutions, that is why the deep state pulled his cord. For anyone who doesn’t know Chicago politics IS crime and corruption. Rod thought he was just conducting business as usual in Chit-Congo.


10 posted on 08/03/2021 10:19:02 AM PDT by Damechanic666 ("Its not that our liberal friends are ignorant...Its just that they know so much that isn't true".RR)
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