Crime & Safety
Rod Blagojevich to Appeal Prison Sentence Again
The disgraced former governor will ask an appellate court to overturn a 14-year prison sentence.
CHICAGO, IL — Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich will once again appeal his 14-year prison sentence.
Blagojevich’s lawyer Leonard Goodman filed notice of a new appeal with the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. Earlier this month, Blagojevich was re-sentenced to the same amount of time he was given years ago after he was first convicted of his crimes.
Blagojevich was originally found guilty on 18 corruption charges — including an attempt to "sell" Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat after his election to the presidency. He was famously heard on a federal wiretap peppered with profane comments as he discussed the appointment he could make and what he could get in exchange.
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"I've got this thing and it's f---ing golden," he said on the wiretap.
An appellate court ordered a new sentencing hearing last year after some charges were dropped from his original conviction. The same appellate court previously kept the same sentence intact for Blagojevich.
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He has been in a federal prison in Colorado since 2012.
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