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FILE - In this March 14, 2012, file photo, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich speaks to the media outside his home in Chicago as his wife, Patti, wipes away tears a day before reporting to prison after his conviction on corruption charges. An appeals court Tuesday, April 18, 2017, heard oral arguments on whether Blagojevich should get a third sentencing hearing. The hearing came more than five years after a lower court imposed a 14-year sentence on 18 corruption convictions. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Blagojevich attorneys again seek reduction in 14-year term

By MICHAEL TARM - Associated Press

Feds argue, again, that Blagojevich sentence is appropriate

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Blagojevich’s daughter hits Obama for not commuting sentence

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Blagojevich doesn’t get early prison release from Obama

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In this Dec. 16, 2016, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks during a news conference in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) **FILE**

Pressure on Obama to grant last-minute pardons, commutations

By JOSH LEDERMAN and ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

In this July 15, 2011, file photo, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich arrives at the federal courthouse in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Imprisoned Blagojevich awaits Obama decision on commutation

By MICHAEL TARM - Associated Press

Blagojevich seeks presidential commutation of prison term

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In this July 15, 2011, file photo, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich arrives at the federal courthouse in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Former Illinois Gov Blagojevich again appeals prison term

By MICHAEL TARM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2016 file photo, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks to reporters in Springfield, Ill. Gov. Rauner has eliminated a backlog of more than 2,000 clemency requests he inherited from previous administrations. The Republican said Monday, Dec. 12, 2016, acting on the requests is part of his effort to improve Illinois' criminal justice system and help people convicted of crimes go on to lead productive lives. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman File)

Rauner eliminates clemency backlog; some cases dated to 2003

By SARA BURNETT - Associated Press

In this Dec. 7, 2011, file photo, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, left, speaks to reporters as his wife, Patti, listens at the federal building in Chicago. A federal judge will decide Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016, whether to cut the 14-year prison term given to Blagojevich after he was convicted of corruption, including charges that he tried to exchange an appointment to President Barack Obama's old U.S. Senate seat in exchange for campaign donations. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Rod Blagojevich case: Judge may cut ex-Illinois governor’s prison term

By Michael Tarm - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: ‘A Just Cause: The Impeachment and Removal of Governor Rod Blagojevich’

By John R. Coyne Jr.

FILE - In this March 15, 2012 file photo, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich waves as he departs his Chicago home for Littleton, Colo., to begin his 14-year prison sentence on corruption charges. On Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015, lawyers for Blagojevich filed a request with the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago to rehear his appeal after three judges recently overturned five of his 18 corruption convictions. Blagojevich is hoping the full court will overturn more counts. Full-court hearings aren't granted automatically. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Supreme Court nears decision on Blagojevich appeal

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In this March 14, 2012 file photo, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich speaks to the media outside his home in Chicago as his wife, Patti, wipes away tears a day before he was to report to a prison in Littleton, Colo. On Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago posted a notice indicating there would be no rehearing for the imprisoned Democrat on his corruption convictions. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Full court won’t rehear Rod Blagojevich’s appeal

By Michael Tarm - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 4, 2010 file photo Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, left, and his wife Patti join hands as they enter the Federal Court building in Chicago, for the second day of jury selection in his federal corruption trial. Robert Blagojevich the brother of the imprisoned former Illinois Governor, offers fresh details in a new book to back his contention prosecutors used him as a pawn to get his younger sibling on charges he sought to hock President Barack Obama's old U.S. Senate seat. While charges were eventually dropped against him, the Tennessee businessman, says his refusal to turn on his brother made him &quot;collateral damage&quot; of an overzealous prosecution that cost his reputation, $1 million in legal bills and a still-unrepaired family split. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Rod Blagojevich gets some convictions overturned

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FILE - In this Sept. 19, 2014, file photo, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn speaks during an interview in Chicago. Quinn’s carefully tended image as a reformer, back to his activist days advocating for consumers and campaigning to shrink the size of government, has been put to the test in his no-holds-barred bid for re-election this year. Quinn is running against Republican Bruce Rauner in the November general election. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Illinois governor works to defend ‘reformer’ image

By SOPHIA TAREEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 15, 2012 file photo, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich waves as he departs his Chicago home for Littleton, Colo., to begin his 14-year prison sentence on corruption charges. On Tuesday, March 11, 2014, the 7th U.S. Court of Appeals in Chicago said transcripts of FBI wiretaps not played at Blagojevich's corruption trials will remain sealed. The court is still mulling its decision on the imprisoned former Illinois governor's request to toss his convictions. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

BARRETO: Big Labor’s unruly overreach

By Hector Barreto

Ill. jobs screened for political ties after hiring

By JOHN O'CONNOR - Associated Press

Blagojevich campaign account donates final dollars

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FILE - In this March 15, 2012 file photo, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich waves as he departs his Chicago home for Littleton, Colo., to begin his 14-year prison sentence on corruption charges. On Tuesday, March 11, 2014, the 7th U.S. Court of Appeals in Chicago said transcripts of FBI wiretaps not played at Blagojevich's corruption trials will remain sealed. The court is still mulling its decision on the imprisoned former Illinois governor's request to toss his convictions. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Court: Unplayed Blagojevich tapes to stay sealed

By MICHAEL TARM - Associated Press

Court accepts late Blagojevich records

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