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Rod R. Blagojevich (/ b l ə ˈ ɡ ɔɪ. ə v ɪ tʃ / blə-GOY-ə-vitch; born December 10, 1956), often referred to by his nickname "Blago", [2] [3] is an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009. He was impeached, removed from office, convicted, and incarcerated for eight years on federal charges of ...
Blagojevich was born Patricia Mell, the daughter of former Chicago alderman Richard Mell. She earned her bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. [1] [2] Her sister Deb Mell served in the Illinois State House of Representatives from 2009 to 2013, and on the Chicago City Council from 2013 to 2019.
Her sister, former Illinois First Lady Patti, is married to former Governor Rod Blagojevich. Mell was educated in Chicago, at St John Berchman's Elementary School and St Scholastica High School. She then attended Cornell College with a dual major in political science and history, before earning a culinary arts degree from California Culinary ...
CHICAGO -- Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his wife are trying to sell their Chicago home that once served as Illinois' de facto governor's mansion, his attorneys revealed Friday, as the couple ...
CHICAGO – Rod Blagojevich used to joke that “he barely knew where the law library was” as he earned his law degree from Pepperdine University amid surfing the Pacific Ocean and mingling with ...
CNN's lineup of anchors and reporters includes a few noted bachelors, perhaps most notably Anderson Cooper, who has never married. But many of the newsmen and women have powerful spouses by their ...
Dick and Marge Mell have three children: Patricia, Deborah, and Richard.His daughter Patricia is married to former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich.His daughter Deb was elected to the state house of representatives in 2008 and appointed to the Chicago City Council in 2013.
"From beginning to end this was persecution masquerading as prosecution," a defiant Blagojevich said to a gathering of reporters. Rod Blagojevich says he's a 'freed political prisoner' after Trump ...