Office Chair

David Ellis, the prosecutor in Blagojevich's trial, said his goal is not to punish the governor. Instead, Ellis said, the goal of impeachment is to protect citizens from someone who has "repeatedly and utterly abused the powers of his office." In his ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) Gov. Rod Blagojevich's impeachment trial opened on Monday with a vacant chair reserved for the governor, who boycotted the proceedings and instead spent the day on the TV talk-show circuit in New York, complaining he is ...