Patti Blagojevich, left, wife of ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, her daughters Annie, center, and Amy listen their attorney speaking at the federal courthouse Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016 in Chicago after U.S. District Judge James Zagel resentenced Blagojevich’s to his original 14-year term. An appeals court threw out some of his convictions related to his alleged attempt to sell or trade an appointment to President Barack Obama’s old Senate seat. Zagel ignored pleas for leniency from Blagojevich’s wife and daughters in making the ruling. (AP Photo/Tae-Gyun Kim)
CHICAGO, IL – (Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune. Please click on the link for the full article. Here is an excerpt below.)
There was a time when Rod Blagojevich spent thousands of dollars on Oxxford suits and baby blue silk neckties. And there was a time more recently when he gave four postage stamps to a fellow prisoner in exchange for ironing his prison uniform.
The old life of Blagojevich. The new life of Blagojevich. In his first set of interviews since his incarceration more than five years ago, the defrocked governor — and his wife, Patti — talked to Chicago Magazine’s David Bernstein about life in prison and the struggles of keeping their family connected. It’s a story less about the optimistic Blagojevich who exercises and reads and works on his case, and more about the impact of his corruption convictions on those closest to him. What’s palpable is the worst price he pays for his federal felonies. Not the enduring shame. Not his lost potential. But his relationship with his family, especially his daughters.
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