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FILE - In this June 20, 2012 file photo, Chicago-area businessman Raghuveer Nayak leaves the federal building in Chicago. A sentencing hearing is scheduled on Monday, Feb. 10, 2014, at federal court in Chicago for Nayak, a longtime fundraiser to both imprisoned former Gov. Rod Blagojevich and imprisoned former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. He pleaded guilty to bribing physicians for patient referrals to clinics he owns. (AP Photo/Chicago Sun-Times, Rich Hein, File) MANDATORY CREDIT, MAGS OUT, NO SALES

Blagojevich-scandal figure sentenced to 2 years

By MICHAEL TARM - Associated Press

Blagojevich transcripts at issue in appeal

By MICHAEL TARM - Associated Press

Blago trial witness testifies at Nayak sentencing

By BY MICHAEL TARM - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 4, 2012, file photo, former assistant United States Attorney Reid Schar speaks during an interview at the office of his law firm Jenner &amp; Block in Chicago. Schar, who served 13 years as as an assistant U.S. attorney, was the lead prosecutor in former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's corruption trial. On Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, the New Jersey Assembly tapped Schar as special counsel to advise a legislative committee plot that shut down lanes to the George Washington Bridge for four days in September. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Blagojevich prosecutor to lead NJ scandal inquiry

By ANGELA DELLI SANTI - Associated Press

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

MIX: Home invasion by Big Labor

By Mark Mix

** FILE ** This March 9, 2012, file photo shows Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. , D-Ill., and his wife, Chicago Alderman Sandi Jackson, asking each other for their support and votes as they arrive at a polling station for early voting in Chicago. A spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner says he has received letter of resignation from Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. Wednesday. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Hopefuls eye shot at House seat after Jesse Jackson Jr. announces resignation

By Sara Burnett - Associated Press

Blagojevich’s brother writing book on legal saga

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** FILE ** Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr., Illinois Democrat (AP Photo)

Rep. Jackson requires in-patient treatment

By Sophia Tareen - Associated Press

** FILE ** U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald talks about the criminal complaint against then-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich during a news conference in Chicago in 2008.

Fitzgerald to step down as U.S. attorney in Chicago

By Jason Keyser - Associated Press

U.S Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald, who oversaw thousands of criminal prosecutions in Illinois, will leave his post at the end of June. He calls the job he held for 11 1/2 years "one of the greatest opportunities that one could ever hope for." (Associated Press)

U.S. attorney Fitzgerald leaving office

By Jason Keyser and Don Babwin - Associated Press

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich kisses his wife, Patti, while speaking to the media March 14, 2012 in Chicago. (Associated Press)

Blagojevich’s wife complains about sentence

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Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich departs from his Chicago home for Littleton, Colo., on Thursday, March 15, 2012, to begin a 14-year prison sentence on corruption charges. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Blagojevich enters federal prison in Colorado

By Michael Tarm and P. Solomon Banda - Associated Press

**FILE** Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (Associated Press)

On last day free, Blagojevich offers last words

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Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich arrives by car with his wife, Patti, at the federal building in Chicago on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011, for his sentencing hearing on 18 corruption counts, including trying to auction off President Obama's old Senate seat. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

Blagojevich lawyers begin appeals process

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Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich arrives by car with his wife, Patti, at the federal building in Chicago on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011, for his sentencing hearing on 18 corruption counts, including trying to auction off President Obama's old Senate seat. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

Blagojevich gets 14 years in prison for corruption

By Don Babwin and Michael Tarm - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Jan. 13, 2003, file photo, Illinois' first lady Patti Blagojevich, left, applauds with her father, Richard Mell, center, during inauguration day ceremonies for her husband, Gov. Rod Blagojevich, in Springfield, Ill. Blagojevich, convicted on 18 counts of corruption in June 2011, is scheduled to appear in federal court in Chicago, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011, for the start of his sentencing hearing. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

After crime, punishment awaits ex-Gov. Blagojevich

By Michael Tarm - Associated Press

** FILE ** Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich arrives at federal court in Chicago on Thursday, May 26, 2011, before taking the stand in his second corruption trial. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Any defiance could hurt Blagojevich at sentencing

By Michael Tarm - Associated Press

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Blago adviser gets 10½ years, minus time served

By Tammy Webber - Associated Press

**FILE** Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (Associated Press)

Judge sets Blagojevich sentencing for Oct. 6

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