Senators listen to impeachment deliberations

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois senators are standing up one by one and making the case that Gov. Rod Blagojevich should be removed from office. We’ve yet to hear one voice in support of the governor. We…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - If Gov. Rod Blagojevich is convicted and removed from office by the state Senate, Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn will be sworn in as governor shortly after the Senate’s vote.

The ceremony will take place in the state House chamber.  Bob Reed,…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Legislative prosecutor David Ellis has just given his rebuttal to Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s speech today before the Illinois Senate impeachment trial.

“I can’t give a speech like the governor,” said Ellis, referencing Blagojevich’s…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -  Gov. Rod Blagojevich is entering now. He’s at the lectern and a getting ready to speak.

The governor leaves his Chicago home for Springfield

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Senate is minutes from the start of what could be the final day of Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s administration. Final statements in Blagojevich’s impeachment trial will span the next couple…

Senate President John Cullerton at today

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Perhaps inevitably, the impeachment trial of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is getting political.

The state Senate Republican minority — who presumably want the highly publicized Senate trial of the Democratic governor to go on for…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Senate trial to decide whether to removed Gov. Rod Blagojevich has resumed today in Springfield.

Blagojevich himself is back in Chicago, after spending the past few days in New York doing national media interviews. He be…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - State House prosecutor David Ellis has written more than just legal briefs and the House impeachment report against Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Ellis is an award-winning novelist with five murder-mysteries under his belt.

Ellis’ first novel, “Line of Vision,” won the…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - David Ellis, legislative prosecutor in the Illinois Senate impeachment trial of Gov. Rod Blagojevich, broke away from his presentation of evidence against the governor to offer a few factors in his favor.

Ellis noted that some senators (including…

FBI Agent Daniel Cain testifies at the impeachment trial

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - FBI Special Agent Daniel Cain is confirming (under questioning from legislative prosecutor David Ellis) what the feds say is on the wiretapped tapes of Gov. Rod Blagojevich late last…