Blagojevich's Sentencing Date Set For Dec. 6

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Rod Blagojevich’s Facebook message: Happy New Year, we will persevere
Updated: January 2, 2012 2:09AM



Rod Blagojevich, scheduled to report to federal prison this year after being sentenced to 14 years for corruption while governor, wished his supporters a happy new year on his wife’s Facebook page Sunday.

“Patti and I want to wish all of you a Happy New Year. We want to thank you for your unwavering support, for your good wishes, for your prayers and for your continued belief in me. I cannot properly express to you how much your support means to us.

“These are dark and extremely challenging times for our family. Patti, Amy, Annie and I draw strength from the love we have for each other. Your friendship and support makes us stronger and helps us feel less alone.

“Despite the adversity we face, we look to the New Year with hope. We are filing an appeal. And we trust in it. We will endure and we will persevere. Our resolve is strong because of our belief in the truth and because of our faith in God. Happy New Year and God bless you. Rod.”

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/9760064-452/rod-blagojevichs-facebook-message-happy-new-year-we-will-persevere.html

[Angela]

BOLD !!

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Portion Of Blagojevich Pension Contributions Going To Family
Posted on March 1, 2012 by WUIS - Your Source for News

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich will have $107,367 from his pension to give his wife and daughters as he heads off to prison later this month.
U.S. District Judge James Zagel has ordered Illinois to turn over $21,800 from Blagojevich’s $129,167.86 in state retirement plan contributions to satisfy a $20,000 fine and $1,800 in court costs levied when the Democrat was sentenced on a corruption conviction.
After Blagojevich in December received a 14 year sentence, Attorney General Lisa Madigan issued an opinion that the ex-governor couldn’t collect a state pension. Blagojevich is eligible for the pension he earned during six years in Congress.
Blagojevich was sentenced on 18 corruption-related counts, including charges that he tried to sell or trade the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President Barack Obama.

http://wuisnews.wordpress.com/2012/03/01/portion-of-blagojevich-pension-contributions-going-to-family/

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Blagojevich to Speak Day Before Prison
3/9/12 @ 1:29:16 pm


CHICAGO (AP) - A spokesman for ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich says the Illinois Democrat will deliver a statement in public outside his Chicago home one day before he begins serving a 14-year prison sentence for corruption. In a news release Friday, spokesman Glenn Selig says Blagojevich "never considered 'sneaking' out of Chicago" without saying goodbye. Selig says the statement will happen Wednesday afternoon, at a time to be announced. He says Blagojevich won't answer questions.

A federal judge ordered the 55-year-old to report to prison next Thursday. Since his December sentencing, Blagojevich hasn't granted interviews. His attorneys say he wants to enter prison "with dignity" and without media frenzy. That had fueled speculation he could leave Chicago days in advance to escape local media.
 
http://www.wjbdradio.com/?f=news_single&id=32209
 
 

[Angela]

 Rod Blagojevich heading to prison

 Blagojevich puts on one last show

 Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich: A glimpse of his prison life to come
 
6:51 a.m. CDT, March 15, 2012
Amid a crush of media and well-wishers, ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich left his Ravenswood Manor home on the North Side early this morning for a prison cell in Colorado.

"Saying goodbye is the hardest thing I've ever had to do," Blagojevich told a crowd of reporters and cameras around 6 a.m. "I'll see you guys soon."

Then, with television helicopters in tow, the former governor took off for O'Hare International Airport for a flight to Colorado, where he will begin serving a 14-year sentence as federal inmate 40892-424.

The one-time golden boy of Illinois politics with a penchant for television cameras is expected to report to a Colorado prison by 2 p.m. to begin his 14-year prison term on corruption charges, marking the state's second governor in a row to be sent to prison for corruption.

[Pamalynn]

Guilty/not guilty - I don't care. I know how hard it was for me to have my husband sentenced and taken away on a 4+ year sentence. We did it privately. I feel so much empathy for his family & him for having to go through this very difficult day publicly.

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I feel for his wife and kids but the former governor isn't exactly camera shy....

[Forevermah]

The media is to blame too, if they would just STOP ... sick of seeing it all anymore and last night Fox Chicago, even went after his little girl playing outside.. They need to just back off and let the family alone now!!!!!

[Angela]

We as Adults are suppose to Lead by Example, and to be honest the X- Former Governor isn't setting a good example for his child. It is a very sad situation and the children are the ones that suffer from the parents bad choices.

And I would love for someone to please tell me HOW a person could a person live with someone
(be Married to) and not know anything about what is happening in their household /their Loved Ones
Life? I'm not 100% sure she didn't know what was happening.

Come on........ NOW!

I hardly doubt that they are feeling for my LO who is incarcerated for a DUI and yet what Rod B did was just as bad ,as he in the Federal Penitentiary and will be in better living conditions that what our LO's are in. Our Local TV station sent a reporter to Colorado and it just said that Rod was High Five-ing the inmates last night at the chow hall. Seems he is adapting better than what people thought he would.


Please do not take offense to my post I am merely making a statement.

I do agree he is gone let it go......... and focus on improving the State Prisons.

[Forevermah]

Don't know if he is going to have it easier that some of the prisons here, they said it get's VERY VERY hot there in the summer and there is no air conditioning, a guard they were  interviewing said it's a miserable there during the summer, much like some of our prisons here, to me any prison anytime is a miserable time period  .. Come on, no prison is a picnic, I don't care how much anyone says they might be a camp cupcake, it's still prison!

He is going to have to watch his back no matter where he is once he is settled and we all know he will learn that quickly!

[Angela]

                                       FUNNY Mah Camp Cupcake        .


                      You crack me up..... I got to go to work Have a great Day. Angela

[Steadfast]

Prison is prison, even staying in the presidental suite at the Ritz would be punishment if you never got to leave it for 14 years. Whenever one of my friends makes a remark about how "easy" people have it in prison, I suggest they lock themselves in their laundry rooms or walk in closets for one week and only eat canned dog food.  That shuts them up.

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Blagojevich Ex-Chief of Staff Gets 10-Day Sentence
3/28/12 @ 5:53:21 pm


CHICAGO (AP) - A judge has sentenced Rod Blagojevich's former chief of staff to 10 days in prison for helping his old boss attempt to sell President Barack Obama's vacated Senate seat. John Harris' sentencing came Wednesday at federal court in Chicago - two weeks after the former Illinois governor reported to a Colorado prison to begin serving a 14-year prison term on related charges.

Harris pleaded guilty in a 2010 plea agreement to conspiracy to commit bribery. He faced up to five years. Blagojevich fought the charges against him in the media and courts until his imprisonment. The 50-year-old Harris began cooperating just days after both men were arrested at their homes on Dec. 9, 2008. His cooperation included testifying against Blagojevich. The same U.S. district judge, James Zagel, sentenced both men.

http://www.wjbdradio.com/?f=news_single&id=32584

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Patti Blagojevich on husband’s prison sentence: ‘What planet’ are we on?
April 2, 2012 7:58PM
Updated: April 3, 2012 2:13AM



Fourteen years in prison for Rod Blagojevich.

Ten days in prison for his former chief of staff.

Same corruption case. Same judge.

“How do you explain that to your children?” Patti Blagojevich asked on her Facebook page.

In a recent Facebook posting, Illinois’ former first lady says she “can’t help but wonder what planet we are on” where one person gets ten days and another 5,110 days.

U.S. District Judge James Zagel last week sentenced former Blagojevich chief of staff John Harris on one count of conspiracy to commit bribery for helping Blagojevich try to sell President Barack Obama’s vacated Senate seat.

Zagel cited Harris’ decision to cooperate with prosecutors, including testifying at Blagojevich’s two trials. In addition brief prison term, Zagel sentenced Harris to two years of supervised release and a $1,000 fine.

Blagojevich faced more numerous allegations, and jurors eventually convicted him of 18 counts

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/11681989-418/patti-blagojevich-on-husbands-prison-sentence-what-planet-are-we-on.html