Report: Blagojevich’s Serbian cousin thinks Rod is being framed
I’m sure you’ve heard plenty about the Rod Blagojevich corruption scandal by now. But did you know his father, Radisa Blagojevich, was a Serbian immigrant? Apparently, the story has been getting big play in the old country. The Chicago Tribune reports that, if Internet comment sections are any indication, there isn’t a lot of sympathy ...
I'm sure you've heard plenty about the Rod Blagojevich corruption scandal by now. But did you know his father, Radisa Blagojevich, was a Serbian immigrant? Apparently, the story has been getting big play in the old country.
I’m sure you’ve heard plenty about the Rod Blagojevich corruption scandal by now. But did you know his father, Radisa Blagojevich, was a Serbian immigrant? Apparently, the story has been getting big play in the old country.
The Chicago Tribune reports that, if Internet comment sections are any indication, there isn’t a lot of sympathy in Serbia for the Illinois governor.
But the Associated Press did manage to find some folks who thinks the whole thing is an American plot. “He must have been framed, it’s all politics,” Rod’s (supposed) cousin Dragan told Blic, a Serbian tabloid, in a story that ran under the headline “The Governor Defying Entire America.” The AP adds:
Cousin Dragan appeared again in Friday’s Blic, saying his famous relative still owns some land in the village so “he can come to Serbia if he cannot take it any more in America.”
“He can have a cow or a pig or two, a chicken. … He is always welcome.”
Photo: Brian Kersey/Getty Images News
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