Governor Bagoshit I freely admit that I don't know all the governors of the fifty states. Before August, who was the governor of Alaska? No clue. Yesterday if you had asked me who the Governor of Illinois was, I would not have known. Unfortunately I know today. Rod Blagojevich. Just please don't make me spell it or pronounce it.
Now he's been charged with trying to sell Senator Obama's senate seat to the highest bidder. WTF?
And that's not all. Apparently as far as corruption goes, Governor Bagoshit was trying to get into the Guinness Book of World Records. He makes former Governor Spitzer (NY) look like a choir boy.
According to the U.S. Attorney's Office:
Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich and his Chief of Staff, John Harris, were arrested today by FBI agents on federal corruption charges alleging that they and others are engaging in ongoing criminal activity: conspiring to obtain personal financial benefits for Blagojevich by leveraging his sole authority to appoint a United States Senator; threatening to withhold substantial state assistance to the Tribune Company in connection with the sale of Wrigley Field to induce the firing of Chicago Tribune editorial board members sharply critical of Blagojevich; and to obtain campaign contributions in exchange for official actions - both historically and now in a push before a new state ethics law takes effect January 1, 2009.
Blagojevich, 51, and Harris, 46, both of Chicago, were each charged with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and solicitation of bribery. They were charged in a two-count criminal complaint that was sworn out on Sunday and unsealed today following their arrests, which occurred without incident, announced Patrick J. Fitzgerald, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, and Robert D. Grant, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Both men were expected to appear later today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Nan Nolan in U.S. District Court in Chicago.
Wow. Can't wait to see what happens next. Pass the popcorn please.
2 comments:
Now what happens? Who decides who is to be Senator? And when?
Anonymous,
It is my understanding that if Bloggo manages to find anyone who would accept his appointment to Senate (not likely, as the person appointed would be considered tainted, even if s/he did nothing wrong) the Senate itself would vote to remove that Senator.
So, it is likely that there will be a special election to elect a temporary Senator for two years to finish Obama's term.
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