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2-year lobbying effort pays off in freedom for Blagojevich

By DON BABWIN | February 19, 2020

CHICAGO (AP) — When Patti Blagojevich made repeated public pleas for her husband's release from federal prison, there was no mistaking her intended audience: President Donald Trump.For nearly two years, the wife of disgraced former Illinois Gov. Rod...

After impeachment, Manchin comes home to warm welcome in WV

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE | February 19, 2020

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Some West Virginians have a message for Sen. Joe Manchin regarding his vote to impeach the president: Thanks.The Democrat was met with a warm reception at a town hall in his home state Wednesday, defying a narrative that locals...

Trump ousts top defense official who certified Ukraine aid

By LOLITA C. BALDOR | February 19, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has ousted the Pentagon's top policy official who had certified last year that Ukraine had made enough anti-corruption progress to justify the Trump administration's release of congressionally authorized aid...

Ex-Gov. Blagojevich returns to Chicago, maintains innocence

By MICHAEL TARM | February 19, 2020

CHICAGO (AP) — Rod Blagojevich returned home to Chicago early Wednesday, shaking hands and signing autographs after President Donald Trump cut short the 14-year prison sentence handed to the former Illinois governor for political corruption.Blagojevich...

President Trump goes on clemency spree, and the list is long

By JILL COLVIN, ZEKE MILLER, and MICHAEL TARM | February 19, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump went on a clemency blitz Tuesday, commuting former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's 14-year prison sentence and pardoning former New York City police commissioner Bernie Kerik, among a long list of others.Those...

Trump vows to ‘clean up’ LA at Olympic meeting briefing

By ZEKE MILLER | February 18, 2020

LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday veered into politics during a briefing on preparations for the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, criticizing the city's political leadership for failing to curtail its homelessness epidemic.Trump...

Judge refuses to delay sentencing of Trump ally Roger Stone

By ASHRAF KHALIL | February 18, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday refused to delay sentencing for Roger Stone on his witness tampering and lying to Congress conviction as President Donald Trump kept up his unrelenting defense of his longtime confidant and said he wouldn’t...

A timeline of Blagojevich’s political career, criminal case

February 18, 2020

CHICAGO (AP) — Highlights from imprisoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's political career and legal saga:— 1993: Blagojevich begins a three-year stint as an Illinois state representative.— 1997: Blagojevich begins a six-year tenure in Congress.—...

Pompeo in Africa visit praises Angola’s moves against graft

By CARA ANNA | February 17, 2020

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in his latest Africa stop on Monday praised Angola’s president for his dramatic actions to recover billions of dollars looted bycorrupt officials, saying it would help attract investment to one...

French health minister to run for Paris mayor to end scandal

By ELAINE GANLEY | February 16, 2020

PARIS (AP) — France's Health Minister Agnes Buzyn was named on Sunday as a new candidate for mayor of Paris, a late entry by the country's governing party after a scramble to replace the original contender who abruptly withdrew after a leak of sex videos...

Political corruption trial of big N Carolina donor to start

By GARY D. ROBERTSON | February 15, 2020

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — An insurance company magnate and two associates go on trial this week on charges they conspired to bribe an elected North Carolina regulator with up to $2 million in campaign money so scrutiny of his businesses would ease.U.S. District...

Michael Avenatti is convicted of trying to extort Nike

By LARRY NEUMEISTER | February 14, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Avenatti, the combative lawyer who gained fame by representing porn star Stormy Daniels in lawsuits involving President Donald Trump, was convicted Friday of trying to extort sportswear giant Nike.The verdict was returned by...