Blagojevich Convicted
Today, former Illinois governer Rob Blagojevich was conviced of corruption charges stemming from his attempt to sell President Barak Obama's Senate seat. It has been two and a half years since his arrest. Since then, Blagojevich has spent his time declaring his innocence on reality television shows. Blagojevich's criminal defense attorney tried to make the scandal appear as if the politician was only "thinking out loud" when the FBI was taping his conversation about the Senate seat.
Blagojevich spoke briefly with reporters after the verdict was announced, "well among the many lessons that I have learned from this whole experience is to try to speak a little bit less, so I’m going to keep my remarks kind of short. [My wife] and I are obviously very disappointed in the outcome and I frankly, am stunned."
Unbelievably, he is not the first governor from Illinois to go down for this type of crime. Blagojevich is actually the second straight governor from that state to be convicted of corruption. The governor before him, George Ryan, is currently serving over 6 years in federal prison.
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