Welcome to the Reader‘s morning briefing for Wednesday, September 13, 2017.
Blagojevich speaks out: It’s “liberating to not hold grudges”
Former governor Rod Blagojevich has given interviews for the first time since entering prison in March 2012, speaking to reporters at NBC 5 and Chicago magazine. Blagojevich seems to be making the best of his 14-year sentence, helping fellow inmates get ready for job interviews, mopping floors, and performing with his band, the Jailhouse Rockers. He insists he doesn’t hold a grudge against any of the people who put him in prison. “I take one day at a time, and I have a purpose. My purpose is very simple, that I have to be strong and deal with this affliction and accept the fate that’s been assigned to me in a meaningful way,” he told NBC 5’s Phil Rogers. [Sun-Times] [NBC 5] [Chicago]
