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Attorneys for Rod Blagojevich are asking for access to any interviews between President Barack Obama and the FBI.In a Monday morning filing, Blagojevich's attorneys say they want any notes or summaries of interviews with Mr. Obama related to the ex-governor's corruption case.

Legal observers around Chicago are dismissing attempts by Rod Blagojevich's attorneys to cancel his upcoming retrial.Blagojevich's attorneys filed a motion saying a re-trial would be costly to taxpayers and they say since Congress is in the middle of a dispute over the federal budget, the judge shou

The Daily Show - Searching for the Wisconsin 14Tags: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook Last night's Daily Show had a feature about the Wisconsin State Senators hiding out in Illinois. They dispatched correspondent John Oliver

Rod Blagojevich won't be going to England.

The judge overseeing the upcoming re-trial of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is trying to contain the media attention that is surrounding the case.Federal Judge James Zagel issued a ruling Monday, writing that after Blagojevich's first trial, media conduct was improper and abusive.

Federal Court Judge James Zagel is trying to bring some order to the media circus that will no doubt follow the verdict in the retrial of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich.  After his first trial reporters flooded jurors with calls to find out why they were deadlocked on 23 of the 24 cou

The onslaught of media attention paid to Rod Blagojevich's corruption trial took center stage Thursday in a Chicago courtroom.In the first trial of former Ill. Gov.