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NEWS ABOUT: Patti Blagojevich

Patti Blagojevich stories: 11 news summaries

(Newser) - Patti Blagojevich survived 23 days in the Costa Rican jungle, but she won't be a reality TV champ, reports the Chicago Tribune. Viewers voted Blagojevich off the NBC series I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here tonight. The wife of Illinois' notorious ex-governor took her husband's place on the... More »

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reality TV • Chicago • Rod Blagojevich • Patti Blagojevich • I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!

 Mrs. Blago 
 Thrives in 
 the Jungle 


Illinois viewers groan as ex-gov's wife munches tarantuala, discusses hubby

Jun 6, 09 6:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Patti Blagojevich is proving to be more popular in the Costa Rican jungle than in Illinois, the New York Times reports. Blagojevich's fellow D-list celebs on reality show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here voted to make the wife of disgraced ex-governor Rod Blagojevich immune from elimination by... More »

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reality TV • Illinois • Rod Blagojevich • Patti Blagojevich • I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!

 Reality TV Gig 
 Goes to Mrs. Blagojevich 

Will take husband's place on NBC's 'I'm a Celebrity...'

May 16, 09 8:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Patti Blagojevich may take the spot originally offered to her husband on NBC’s I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! the Chicago Sun-Times reports. The couple's lawyers don’t like the idea, but sources say the deal is likely, with Patti headed to LA... More »

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reality TV • NBC • Rod Blagojevich • Patti Blagojevich

Feds Hit Blago's Wife With Subpoena

Former first lady of Illinois must supply wide range of documents to authorities

Feb 19, 09 2:57 PM CST
(Newser) - Federal investigators subpoenaed Patti Blagojevich today, requiring the former first lady of Illinois to supply documents concerning the corruption charges against her husband, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Blagojevich is said to have complied with the subpoena, which demanded that she provide information on more than 40 people or entities, ranging... More »

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corruption • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • Chicago Tribune • Patti Blagojevich • Senate seat

Blago Wanted
to Quit, Says Father-in-Law

Chicago power broker says daughter's hubby hoped to avoid ouster

Jan 31, 09 8:47 AM CST
(Newser) - Illinois' newest ex-governor wanted to jump before he was pushed, Rod Blagojevich's estranged father-in-law tells the Chicago Sun-Times. Richard Mell, a powerful Chicago alderman credited with launching Blago's career, says his son-in-law, despite his denials, wanted to avoid being ousted "but he didn't reach out to anybody" in state... More »

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corruption • impeachment • resignation • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • Patti Blagojevich

 Blago's Wife 
 Axed by 
 Charity 

Patti Blagojevich paid $100K as fundraiser

Jan 22, 09 1:49 AM CST
(Newser) - The wife of embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has been fired from her $100,000-a-year job as development director of a Chicago charity that runs a state-of-the-art homeless shelter, reports the Chicago Sun-Times. Patti Blagojevich had been hired to help double the million dollars raised annually by the Christian... More »

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charity • Illinois • Rod Blagojevich • Patti Blagojevich • Christian Industrial League • ShoreBank • homeless shelter

 McCain 'Can't Promise' to Support Palin for Prez

Tells ABC his 'corpse is still warm,' and there are other 'great governors'

Dec 15, 08 3:11 AM CST
(Newser) - John McCain can't guarantee that he would back his own vice presidential candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin if she ran for president in 2012, he conceded in a surprisingly weak show of support on ABC's This Week. McCain praised Palin, but repeatedly ducked questions about backing her in a future... More »

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John McCain • Arizona • RNC • ABC • Republican Party • Tim Pawlenty • Jon Huntsman • Mike Duncan • Sarah Palin • Patti Blagojevich • President-elect Obama

FBI Circled Around Blago's Wife for a Year

She dropped real estate work amid questions about clients paying for influence

Dec 14, 08 7:28 AM CST
(Newser) - She's known for ranting on an FBI tape—but that wasn’t the first time Patricia Blagojevich’s name has surfaced in the corruption probe of her governor husband, the Chicago Tribune reports. A federal investigation that began a year ago prompted Mrs. Blago to quit real estate work amid... More »

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real estate • Tribune Company • corruption • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • Patti Blagojevich

Patti Is Not a 'Potty Mouth,' Family Says

Feds' wiretap recording paints off-color image
of Mrs. Blagojevich

Dec 11, 08 1:22 PM CST
(Newser) - Illinois’ first lady is not the “potty mouth” the feds and Barbara Walters make her out to be, Patti Blagojevich’s family tells the Chicago Sun-Times. While conceding that Patti can be “standoffish," state legislator Deborah Mell said yesterday, “that is absolutely not my sister,”... More »

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corruption • Illinois • wife • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • Patti Blagojevich • Deborah Mell • Dick Mell

OPINION

 Blago Dialogue 
 Worthy of Mamet 


Dec 10, 08 11:42 AM CST
(Newser) - An astute reader of the criminal complaint against Rod Blagojevich will notice that, with shockingly little tweaking, the wiretapped conversations between the Illinois governor and his co-conspirators could be dialogue from a David Mamet play. Choire Sicha demonstrates in Salon, turning it into a quick one-acter. From the trash-talking femme... More »

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Barack Obama • theater • corruption • profanity • play • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • dialogue • political scandal • David Mamet • Patti Blagojevich

(Newser) - Rod Blagojevich's wife was deeply involved in his alleged scheming, the Chicago Tribune reports, based on details in the federal complaint against the Illinois governor. Though Patricia Blagojevich has not been charged with a crime, she was a vocal party to wiretapped conversations. In one recording, she can be... More »

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Barack Obama • Tribune Company • corruption • Illinois • Wrigley Field • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • pay to play • Lady Macbeth • Patti Blagojevich

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