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Blagojevich arrested 4 years ago: Blago author Korecki at City Club Tuesday

Lynn Sweet

By Lynn Sweet

WASHINGTON–Almost four years to the day Rod Blagojevich was busted, Chicago Sun-Times political writer Natasha Korecki headlines the City Club of Chicago luncheon on Tuesday to discuss her book about the arrest and two trials of the imprisoned former governor of Illinois–and the related stories the scandal spawned.

Korecki–then the Sun-Times federal court reporter–was on the story from the early morning arrest of Blagojevich on Dec. 9, 2008. Her Agate Publishing book is “Only in Chicago: How the Rod Blagojevich Scandal Engulfed Illinois; Embroiled Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel, and Jesse Jackson, Jr.; and Enthralled the Nation.”

The City Club lunches are at Maggiano’s at 111 W. Grand.

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