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Formerly convicted ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich sues for right to seek elected office again
by Mike Brest, Defense Reporter |
 | August 03, 2021 08:14 AM

Former Illinois governor and felon Rod Blagojevich filed a lawsuit against the state, demanding that his right to run for elected office get reinstated.

Blagojevich, who served eight years of a fourteen-year prison sentence that was commuted by former President Donald Trump in Feb. 2020, despite consternation from some Republicans, lost the chance to run again following a 2009 vote by the Illinois Legislature, which occurred a year after his arrest.

“I’m back from the dead. And it’s good to be alive again,” he told reporters on Monday outside a Chicago federal courthouse. “It’s about the people’s right to choose their own leaders.”

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Rod is the perfect IL politician.... a convict.
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Rod is the perfect IL politician.... a convict.

Yep.... :silly:
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He may have learned some things during his period of disgrace. It's possible he's even become a conservative.
His new twitter account is at https://twitter.com/realBlagojevich
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