Book Reveals Trouble Started Early for Blagojevich

Book Reveals Trouble Started Early for Blagojevich
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Book Reveals Trouble Started Early for Blagojevich
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Book Reveals Trouble Started Early for Blagojevich

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The arraignment on federal corruption charges of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is expected to take place next Tuesday. A new book reveals certain tendencies in our former governor, ones that appear to have been present even when he first started climbing the political ladder. In Pay to Play How Rod Blagojevich Turned Political Corruption into a National Sideshow, journalist Elizabeth Brackett explores the role Blagojevich’s early choices played in his current troubles.