Illinois governor tried to sell Senate seat: prosecutors
I thought this could happen in Indonesia too…
Illinois governor tried to sell Senate seat: prosecutors
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, was arrested on Tuesday on “staggering” corruption charges that alleged he tried to sell the U.S. Senate seat vacated by fellow Democrat, President-elect Barack Obama.
The governor also tried to extort the Chicago Tribune, one of the country’s leading newspapers, into firing editorial writers who were critical of him, federal prosecutors said.
Caught on tape, Blagojevich used an expletive as he described the Senate seat as something so valuable “you just don’t give it away for nothing.” He said he might even appoint himself if he could get nothing for it, the criminal complaint against him said.
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