In the News: Indictment of Rod Blagojevich
December 19th, 2008 • Related • Filed Under
The indictment of Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich on corruption charges has dominated the news the past two weeks. Blagojevich is charged with attempting to sell the Senate seat of president-elect Barack Obama. At a news conference on December 9, Patrick Fitzgerald, United States attorney general for the Northern District of Illinois, announced the arrest of the governor and detailed the charges.
Read the transcript of Patrick Fitzgerald’s news conference
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