Governor Rod Blagojevich was taken into federal custody on corruption charges at his Chicago home Tuesday morning, officials say.
Governor Rod R. Blagojevich and his Chief of Staff, John Harris, were arrested today by FBI agents on federal corruption charges alleging that they engaged in ongoing criminal activity. The two men were taken into custody for conspiring to sell or trade Illinois’ U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama for financial and other personal benefits. “The breadth of corruption laid out in these charges is staggering,” U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald said in a statement.
Regardless of “whether you tape me privately or publicly, I can tell you that whatever I say is always lawful and the things I’m interested in are always lawful,” Gov. Blagojevich said. “And if there are any things out there like that, what you’ll hear is a governor who tirelessly and endlessly figures out ways to help average, ordinary working people.”
According to Randall Samborn of the U.S. attorney’s office, Blagojevich is scheduled to appear before U.S. Magistrate Judge Nan Nolan later Tuesday.
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