Rod Blagojevich Timeline

The prosecution case is now taking a numbers-crunching turn as Internal Revenue Service agent Shari Schindler, who testified earlier, returned to the stand to describe Blagojevich’s crum...

"You guys are telling me... Give this mother f-er his senator. F- him! For nothing? F- him!" —Rod Blagojevich

Michael Winter was a consultant at Rezmar in 2003 and 2004 and said he recalled seeing the four gather there. “They would meet in the back conference room,” Winter said. Early in the ...

A government witness has testified that businessman Tony Rezko asked him to cut checks to the former governor's wife even though she hadn't done work for it. Robert Williams, former ch...

As governor, Rod Blagojevich time and again would answer media questions about his fundraising activities by insisting he had erected a “firewall” to separate himself from the business o...

"We were not paying those bills because we did not want to reflect a high legal bill on the D-2s." —Danielle Stilz, Deputy Finance Director, Friends of Blagojevich

"I understood that a fundraiser would probably determine the validity of the project. The monies that I could possibly raise for him would have a bearing on the project." —Gerry Krozel, former head of Illinois Paving Association

This Tuesday morning began with an announcement that Juror No. 115 -- a white woman -- has been dismissed because of a "critical illness" of a parent, Judge James Zagel said. Michael W...

Defense attorney Michael Gillespie is questioning Winter on his knowledge of a business arrangement between Patti Blagojevich and convicted businessman Tony Rezko. Gillespie: "You are ...

Real estate agent Marianne Piazzi testified that she was hired in 2002 by Rezko’s development firm, Rezmar, to help sell units in a condominium development in the 1000 block of West Chest...

"No, he [Blagojevich] just didn't like to make calls." —Kelly Glynn, Finance Director, Friends of Blagojevich

"The thing that's significant, Nayak says: 'I will raise $1 million for Blagojevich if he appoints you (Jackson) to the Senate seat.'" —Prosecutor Christopher Niewoehner

U.S. District Judge James Zagel took a break in testimony to deliver a long monologue explaining why he was rejecting a new defense motion for mistrial that alleged a grab bag of erroneo...

Real estate agent Sean Conlon just testified that Brian Hynes, a lawyer, lobbyist and onetime Tony Rezko business associate, made an unusual request of him. Hynes wanted to buy two flo...

"She [my wife] cannot talk, she cannot write, she loses her balance ... and I wanted to get the FBI out of my house and I told them that. I just wanted to get the FBI out of my house." —Gerry Krozel

"Why not just take that and do that for two years? Patti and I, we just move out to D.C." —Rod Blagojevich

On the stand is Robert Greenlee, whom Blagojevich promoted to deputy governor in June 2008 -- just months before Blagojevich’s arrest. Greenlee said Blagojevich rarely came in to the o...

"Tell him to hold up that (expletive) Cubs (expletive)." —Patti Blagojevich

The Illinois Republican Party announced yesterday in a message to its email list that the state party "has launched a full line of shirts, hats, mugs and other memorabilia which feature a...

After dismissing jurors for lunch, Zagel held a brief hearing on the unresolved question of whether he must make public their names while the trial is ongoing. Nothing was resolved and w...

The Constitution guarantees Rod Blagojevich the right to a speedy trial, but on Monday his lawyers complained it was getting way too speedy. Blagojevich's lawyers sought to delay the f...

The Rod Blagojevich corruption trial has resumed this morning with what amounts to a nit-picky grammar lesson from one of his lawyers, Aaron Goldstein. Former Deputy Gov. Robert Green...

"He had asked if I would be willing to raise $25,000 for the governor from my business associates and board members, and he asked if I would do that by the end of the year." —Patrick Magoon, CEO of Children's Memorial Hospital

Legislation that will keep Illinois taxpayers from paying for a portrait of a governor who was impeached and removed from office was signed Sunday by Gov. Pat Quinn. The governor OK'd ...

Prosecutors have rested their case after Blagojevich’s lawyer, Sam Adam Jr., finished cross-examining Patrick Magoon, CEO of Children’s Memorial Hospital. As the trial wrapped for the ...

"He [Blagojevich] was going to give the hospital 8 million bucks and he wanted to get Magoon for 50." —John Wyma

Before the jury in the Rod Blagojevich corruption trial filed in this morning, U.S. District Judge James Zagel and lawyers in the case held a hearing that ended up sharply defining the d...

"Excluded on the grounds of uselessness." —Judge James Zagel

Now you can enjoy the profanity-laced tirades of Illinois’ least-favorite son when you’re on the go. Beginning today, The State Journal-Register is offering free Blagojevich ringtones for...

"They [Rod and Patti Blagojevich] said that to their knowledge the federal investigation was behind them." —Julie Blagojevich

"I think there’s overwhelming evidence at this point of a significant conspiracy." —Asst. US Attorney Reid Schar

Assistant U.S. Atty. Christopher Niewoehner started his cross-examination of Robert Blagojevich late this afternoon by asking about his time in the U.S. Army with a military police un...

Rod Blagojevich's lawyers told U.S. District Judge James Zagel this afternoon they plan to rest their case without having the ousted former governor testify, as he has repeatedly said he ...

"Sam Adam Sr.'s most compelling argument and ultimately the one that swayed me was that the government in their case proved my innocence. They proved I did nothing illegal and that there w..." —Rod Blagojevich

"You can have a conspiracy entered into by fools and bumblers ... and it's still a conspiracy." —Judge James Zagel

"The law doesn’t require you to be a successful crook. It just requires you to be a crook." —Asst. US Attorney Christopher Niewoehner

"I might not be bright, but I’m not foolish. I had no idea that in the two months of trial, they [the prosecution] would prove nothing." —Sam Adam Jr., Rod Blagojevich's Attorney

While the former governor waits to learn his fate in court, a ruling has been made on some of his possessions.Managers at a suburban Chicago storage facility say Rod Blagojevich owes them...

"This guy [Blagojevich] had more training in criminal background than the average lawyer and somehow he’s the accidentally corrupt governor." —Reid Schar, Asst. US Attorney

"It's in God's hands." —Rod Blagojevich

The jury in the trial of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich could be hunkering down for lengthy deliberations after asking Friday for a copy of all the testimony in the two-month trial. "Is i...

A summerlong trial that has provided more than its share of twists and turns offered one more Wednesday: a divided jury unable to reach a unanimous decision on at least some of the corrup...

The federal jury in former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's trial has reached a verdict on only two counts in the case and is deadlocked on others, U.S. District Judge James Zagel announced in cour...

The judge in the corruption trial of former Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich granted jurors’ request Monday for a transcript of the testimony of a former deputy governor who criticized Mr. Blagoje...

A federal jury today convicted former Gov. Rod Blagojevich of one count against him: lying to the FBI. The jury was deadlocked on the other 23 counts against the former governor, and all ...

The 6-foot-tall Elvis Presley arrived on a forklift, above the heads of the spectators waiting to bid on the kitschiest of Rod Blagojevich's belongings. The King statue went for $20,50...

Superman is faster than a speeding bullet, the Hulk has his superhuman strength when he gets fired up, Spiderman can race though crowded city streets on his webs. Former ex-Illinois Gover...