Remember the back-and-forth between Patti Blagojevich and her old boss about whether or not she swiped the company email list for the purposes of pimping husband Rod's book? Well, now Patti is pissed and she's got the lawsuit to prove it. The Sun-Times' Natasha Korecki reports that Patti has filed a defamation lawsuit against Rick Roberts of the Chicago Christian Industrial League for his initial remarks. Lead attorney Jay Edelson said, "Hopefully, this will send the message that making false statements against Patti or Rod Blagojevich will not go unanswered." more ›

Patti Blagojevich responded yesterday to accusations she swiped an email list of donors from the Christian Industrial League, the charity job she was fired from earlier this year, and used the list to promote husband Rod's new book. Patti's defense? The list was her list to begin with. In an interview with the Sun-Times, Patti said, "The galling thing about this is before I got to CCIL -- there was no e-mail list. They had no e-mail outreach at all. I dumped all my contacts of all my friends...Their list is my list." CIL Director of Strategy Rick Roberts, who made the original accusation, fired back at Patti's claim, saying, "We're a century-old organization. To say there was no contact list is absolutely ludicrous." Roberts added, "The league realizes clearly -- clearly -- it made a mistake hiring Patti." YA BURNT! more ›

Remember Patti Blagojevich's swanky - and controversial - tenure with the Christian Industrial League? You know, the one she got fired from? It turns out that questionable shenanigans really do run with both sides of the Blagojevich marriage as Lady Blago swiped the donor contact list from that old gig and used it to pimp her husband's new - and apparently not-so-great - book via email. Rick Roberts, senior director of strategy at the CIL, told the Tribune, "The last thing we need is to have Mrs. Blagojevich showing poor judgment and unethical behavior. Our list is proprietary." We bet she CC'd the entire list, too, instead of using the BCC option. more ›