Blagojevich to make statement before heading to prison
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS March 8, 2012 7:28PM
Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich speaks to reporters Dec. 7 as his wife Patti looks on at the federal building in Chicago after being sentenced for 14 years on 18 corruption counts. | AP Photo
Updated: April 10, 2012 11:51AM
Rod Blagojevich’s spokesman says the former Illinois governor won’t slip quietly out of Chicago next week on his way to start serving a 14-year prison sentence and plans to make a public statement.
Glenn Selig told the Associated Press that Blagojevich will make the statement in person days before he reports to a federal prison March 15.
He wouldn’t discuss other details.
Since his December sentencing for corruption, Blagojevich hasn’t granted interviews. His attorneys say he wants to enter prison in a dignified way, without media frenzy.
That’s fueled speculation he could leave Chicago days in advance to escape local media.
But Selig says Blagojevich never intended to do that.
AP
