The AP reports that, yesterday, prosectors made the case that Blagojevich should receive up to 20 years in prison, saying the disgraced former Democratic governor knew full well what he was doing. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald described it - including alleged attempts. As we reported, a jury found him "guilty of 17 of 20 counts against him, including of trying to sell President Obama's vacated Senate seat." On Tuesday, the governor was arrested in a glare of publicity and charged with going on 'a corruption crime spree,' as U.S. And I am just so incredibly sorry.'"īlagojevich was convicted of corruption in June.
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Rod Blagojevich met with a renowned Chicago criminal lawyer Saturday as he weighed his legal options on how to fight a scandal that. Blagojevich was removed from office in 2009 after being prosecuted on corruption charges for attempting to sell the. Disgraced Illinois governor weighs legal options. I was the governor, and I should have known better. Former Illinois Democrat Governor and convicted felon Rod Blagojevich claimed that a lawsuit he filed Monday would vacate his corruption conviction and open the door to run for office again. Illinois’ newest Republican candidate for governor slammed Democrats during his first Chicago news conference Friday, suggesting it’s time for them to stop worrying so much about the COVID-19. The jury convicted me and they convicted me because those were my actions. Rod Blagojevich Appears in Court Via Video Link - ABC News Disgraced Illinois Gov. "Blagojevich said he thought he was acting in accord with the law when he did things for which he later was convicted.
"'I want to apologize to the people of Illinois, to the court, for the mistakes I have made. I acknowledge it, and I of course am unbelievably sorry for it,' Blagojevich said.
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