Tina and Hillary cover former Arizona Property Assessor, Paul Petersen and former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich.
Tina’s Story
Paul Petersen served as property assessor after winning a 2014 special election. But, when rumors circulated about his potential involvement in a human trafficking scheme, people start assessing his value as an elected official.
Hillary’s Story
Scandals plagued Rod Blagojevich’s governorship since his election in 2002, but when a federal indictment came out in 2008, the public learned that the FBI had a larger interest in the unscrupulous Governor.
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Tina's Sources
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Wikipedia
Paul Petersen (criminal)
Marshall Islands
Arizona Central
What to know about indicted Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen and his adoption-law practice--by Chris Coppola and Uriel J. Garcia
How did the women in Arizona adoption scam get government health care?--by Stephanie Innes
Paul Petersen pleads guilty in federal court to smuggling women in adoption scheme--by Jessica Boehm
Paul Petersen admits to human smuggling in Utah as part of international adoption scheme--by
Robert Anglen
Paul Petersen's ex-wife asks lawmakers to change law that let authorities seize her homes--by Jessica Boehm and Andrew Oxford
New York Times
Former Arizona Official Pleads Guilty in Adoption Scheme--by Azi Paybarah
CNN
Arizona official brought women to the US to give birth and charged families to adopt the babies--By Faith Karimi and Pierre Meilhan
Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum
IMPACT OF PROPOSED DHS PUBLIC CHARGE REGULATION ON CITIZENS OF FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES UNDER COMPACTS OF FREE ASSOCIATION
Arizona Capitol Times
Prostitution camp provided women for Petersen adoptions--By Dillon Rosenblatt
The Salt Lake Tribune
Arizona elected official believed to have smuggled more than 40 pregnant women through Utah in illegal ‘baby mill’--by Jessica Miller
Paul Petersen pleads guilty to human smuggling in Utah as part of a multistate adoption scheme--by Jessica Miller
Elected Arizona official Paul Petersen, accused of selling babies, suspended for 120 days--by The Associated Press
USA Today
Elected Arizona official accused of selling babies in illegal adoption scheme resigns--by Jessica Boehm
Deseret News
Former Arizona official pleads guilty in Utah adoption scheme--by Annie Knox
CBS News 5 (Arkansas)
Paul Petersen to plead guilty in Arkansas, Marshallese Community reacts--by Veronica Ortega
WLRN
Arizona Official Arrested In Alleged 'Baby Mill' Adoption Fraud Scheme--by Bobby Allyn
Rose Law Group Reporter
Banner Gateway treated 20 pregnant women in Paul Petersen’s adoption scheme without raising alarms--by Staff
CBS 4
Arizona official charged with human smuggling in adoption fraud
Oxygen
‘I Think Greed Is What Destroyed Him’: Official Allegedly Brought Dozens Of Pregnant Women To U.S. In Massive Adoption Scheme--by Jill Sederstrom
Honolulu Civil Beat
Major Player In Black Market Marshallese Adoptions Faces Criminal Charges--by John Hill
NBC News
Arizona county assessor accused of human smuggling, sale of a child in adoption scheme--by Associated Press
4029 News
Paul Petersen pleads guilty in Arkansas human trafficking case--by Cole Zimmerman
Photos
Paul Petersen Mugshot--Maricopa County Sheriff's Office/Shutterstock--via Rolling Stone Magazine
Raquel Petersen Speaks Out--screenshot via CBS4 Arizona on YouTube
Paul Petersen’s Former Law Office Home Page--via KUTV
Hillary's Sources
Wikimedia
Rod Blagojevich
Rod Blagojevich corruption charges
CNN
Rod Blagojevich Fast Facts--CNN Editorial Research
Chicago Tribune
Disgraced former Gov. Rod Blagojevich signs podcast deal--by Lisa Donovan
Convicted ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich officially disbarred--By JASON MEISNER
New York Times
Who Is Rod Blagojevich? Why Did President Trump Commute His Sentence?--by Monica Davey and Mitch Smith
NWI
Illinois agrees to pay fees in video game industry suit--The Associated Press
FBI
Rod Blagojevich Public Corruption Case
Washington Post
Rod Blagojevich Former Illinois Governor Sentenced to 14 Years on Corruption Charges
NBC News
'Erosion of public trust': The real reasons why Rod Blagojevich was sentenced to prison--by Dareh Gregorian
AP News
A timeline of Blagojevich’s political career, criminal case
