{"id":609093,"date":"2021-08-02T18:37:28","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T22:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=609093"},"modified":"2021-08-02T18:37:35","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T22:37:35","slug":"fmr-ill-gov-blagojevich-sues-state-in-effort-to-earn-back-right-to-run-for-public-office-in-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fmr-ill-gov-blagojevich-sues-state-in-effort-to-earn-back-right-to-run-for-public-office-in-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Fmr. Ill. Gov. Blagojevich sues state in effort to earn back right to run for public office in state"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffmr-ill-gov-blagojevich-sues-state-in-effort-to-earn-back-right-to-run-for-public-office-in-state%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=609093&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2479201\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2479201\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">With his wife Patti by his side, former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich speaks during a press conference in front of his home in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Scott Olson\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 3:33 PM PT \u2013 Monday, August 2, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) launched a lawsuit against the state with hope to earn back the right to run for public office once again. The Democrat filed the suit in federal court on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Blagojevich alleged the 2009 state House impeachment proceedings and state Senate trial infringed on his due process right as well as the Constitution. The Illinois Senate voted to bar him from holding public office in the state back in 2009, but the governor contended the ban was the result of a rigged impeachment process.<\/p>\n<p>Blagojevich also compared his impeachment to Democrats failed attempts to impeach 45th President Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey tried to do it the major league level to a Republican president, criminalizing things that aren\u2019t crimes,\u201d he expressed. \u201c\u2026.This is bad for our democracy. It shouldn\u2019t be about Republicans or Democrats. This is an American issue. It\u2019s about the right of the people to self government, our right to choose our own leaders. To free, fair and honest elections and not have our choices taken from us.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2479202\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2479202\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2479202 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-135186387-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (L) and his wife Patti Blagojevich leave their home to go to his sentencing hearing December 7, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois. Federal prosecutors sought a sentence of 15 to 20 years in prison for Blagojevich after he was found guilty of 17 public corruption charges. (Photo by Scott Olson\/Getty Images)\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1696\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2479202\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (L) and his wife Patti Blagojevich leave their home to go to his sentencing hearing December 7, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois. Federal prosecutors sought a sentence of 15 to 20 years in prison for Blagojevich after he was found guilty of 17 public corruption charges. (Photo by Scott Olson\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The former Illinois governor had his 14 year sentence commuted by Trump in early 2020 after spending eight years behind bars.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/n-y-gov-cuomo-eyes-vaccination-policy\/\">N.Y. Gov. Cuomo Eyes Vaccination Policy<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With his wife Patti by his side, former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich speaks during a press conference in front of his home in Chicago, Illinois. 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