Rod Blagojevich

I can't give in to this. And by the way, if I'm right, they are criminals. I have to fight back. And so I was on all these TV shows, everything. And Trump saw me in the David Letterman show, I think. And by the way, when they do this to you and they arrest you like they did, they arrested me at 6 o'clock in the morning in my house. And it was a super sensational press conference.

I can't give in to this. And by the way, if I'm right, they are criminals. I have to fight back. And so I was on all these TV shows, everything. And Trump saw me in the David Letterman show, I think. And by the way, when they do this to you and they arrest you like they did, they arrested me at 6 o'clock in the morning in my house. And it was a super sensational press conference.

It was international news. Back then in December of 2008, there were two assholes. And the two biggest assholes in the world were me, and Bernie Madoff because they arrested him like a day or two after me. I don't even remember this. And it was, you know, I just had to fight back. And so I was. But you can't make a living. They threw me out of office.

It was international news. Back then in December of 2008, there were two assholes. And the two biggest assholes in the world were me, and Bernie Madoff because they arrested him like a day or two after me. I don't even remember this. And it was, you know, I just had to fight back. And so I was. But you can't make a living. They threw me out of office.

It was international news. Back then in December of 2008, there were two assholes. And the two biggest assholes in the world were me, and Bernie Madoff because they arrested him like a day or two after me. I don't even remember this. And it was, you know, I just had to fight back. And so I was. But you can't make a living. They threw me out of office.

And you learn who your friends are in politics and not a single one of them. You know, they all ran for the hills to protect themselves. They all voted to throw you out because the politics of it was bad at that time.

And you learn who your friends are in politics and not a single one of them. You know, they all ran for the hills to protect themselves. They all voted to throw you out because the politics of it was bad at that time.

And you learn who your friends are in politics and not a single one of them. You know, they all ran for the hills to protect themselves. They all voted to throw you out because the politics of it was bad at that time.

yes imagine you can go on a podcast and just lay out the whole case and exactly what's going on and even play tapes you can't play tapes i'll tell you why you could never because they're recorded because they put a court seal on it they arrested me they play me saying this is golden and i give it enough for nothing but they don't play what comes after it right right if it says i want 100 million dollars in a swiss bank account which by the way the current governor pritzker would called me to ask me to make him senator because he inherited a billion dollars

yes imagine you can go on a podcast and just lay out the whole case and exactly what's going on and even play tapes you can't play tapes i'll tell you why you could never because they're recorded because they put a court seal on it they arrested me they play me saying this is golden and i give it enough for nothing but they don't play what comes after it right right if it says i want 100 million dollars in a swiss bank account which by the way the current governor pritzker would called me to ask me to make him senator because he inherited a billion dollars

yes imagine you can go on a podcast and just lay out the whole case and exactly what's going on and even play tapes you can't play tapes i'll tell you why you could never because they're recorded because they put a court seal on it they arrested me they play me saying this is golden and i give it enough for nothing but they don't play what comes after it right right if it says i want 100 million dollars in a swiss bank account which by the way the current governor pritzker would called me to ask me to make him senator because he inherited a billion dollars

That's the one you'd sell it to. But if I said that, that would be a crime. But there was none of that. They covered that up. So they go to court a couple of days after I'm arrested and they go before their judge and they get a sealed order. They put a gag on it. So the tapes cannot be played publicly in court and I can't talk about what's on those tapes.

That's the one you'd sell it to. But if I said that, that would be a crime. But there was none of that. They covered that up. So they go to court a couple of days after I'm arrested and they go before their judge and they get a sealed order. They put a gag on it. So the tapes cannot be played publicly in court and I can't talk about what's on those tapes.

That's the one you'd sell it to. But if I said that, that would be a crime. But there was none of that. They covered that up. So they go to court a couple of days after I'm arrested and they go before their judge and they get a sealed order. They put a gag on it. So the tapes cannot be played publicly in court and I can't talk about what's on those tapes.

Unless it comes from my independent recollection. I can't release them.

Unless it comes from my independent recollection. I can't release them.

Unless it comes from my independent recollection. I can't release them.

I can quote what I remember personally, and I remember some of it, of course.

I can quote what I remember personally, and I remember some of it, of course.

I can quote what I remember personally, and I remember some of it, of course.