The Latest: Brother says Rod Blagojevich 'deserves a break'
Robert Blagojevich spoke to reporters Tuesday afternoon outside Chicago federal court after a judge denied Rod Blagojevich's request for a lighter sentence in his corruption case.
A federal judge who was ordered to resentence Rod Blagojevich has decided to keep the former Illinois governor's original 14-year term on corruption counts.
Blagojevich's attorneys had asked for a 5-year reduced term after a federal appeals court.
A federal judge has upheld former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's 14-year prison sentence on corruption charges.
Blagojevich was originally sentenced in 2011, following his conviction for trying to exchange an appointment to President Barack Obama's old U.S. Senate seat for campaign cash.
Representatives from the U.S. attorney's office spoke Tuesday morning at the former Illinois governor's resentencing hearing.
Prosecutors said Blagojevich's corruption in the Illinois governor's office further eroded the public's trust.
During a resentencing hearing Tuesday morning, Blagojevich also told a federal judge via live video feed that being in prison since 2012 has taught him humility and given him more compassion for people and the difficulties they face.
Blagojevich's attorneys have asked U.S. District Judge James Zagel to give him a five-year sentence in his corruption case.
Blagojevich told a Chicago federal court Tuesday morning via a live video feed from a Colorado prison that he realizes it was a mistake to have lashed out in public when he was unhappy with how past his legal proceeding were going.
Attorney Leonard C. Goodman said during Blagojevich's Tuesday morning resentencing hearing that the former Illinois governor is making the effort "to make his family proud again."
Rod Blagojevich's defense attorney says the former Illinois governor's corruption case is "no longer about selling his office for personal gain."
Goodman told U.S. District Judge James Zagel that counts involved with Blagojevich trying to get a job in President Barack Obama's Cabinet have been thrown out and the counts remaining deal with Blagojevich trying to earn campaign money.
Rod Blagojevich's wife and two daughters have arrived at Chicago federal court ahead of the former Illinois governor's resentencing hearing.
The wife of Rod Blagojevich is asking a federal judge for leniency ahead of a ruling on whether to reduce the 14-year prison term of the former Illinois governor.
A resentencing hearing is scheduled Tuesday in Chicago federal court after an appeals court struck down five of his 18 convictions.
A federal judge will decide Tuesday whether to cut Blagojevich's 14-year prison sentence on 13 of 18 convictions upheld by an appellate court, including that he sought to exchange an appointment to President Barack Obama's old U.S. Senate seat for campaign cash.
A federal judge is set to decide whether to cut the 14-year prison term given to former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich after an appellate court threw out several of his corruption convictions.
The 59-year-old Democrat will appear on a courtroom screen at the hearing in Chicago via a video link from his Colorado prison It will be his first public appearance since he entered prison in 2012.
Blagojevich was originally sentenced in 2011, following his conviction for trying to exchange an appointment to President Barack Obama's old U.S. Senate seat for campaign cash.