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Blagojevich Found Guilty Of Trying To Sell Obama's Senate seat

06/27/2011 1:28 pm 0 comments

Source: MSNBC

former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was found guilty Monday of most of the corruption charges.
They included the most significant charge, that Blagojevich tried to sell or trade President Barack Obama’s old Senate seat.

The jurors delivered their verdicts Monday after deliberating nine days.

Blagojevich testified for seven days, denying wrongdoing.

Prosecutors said he lied and the proof was on FBI wiretaps. Those included a widely parodied clip in which Blagojevich calls the Senate opportunity “f—— golden.”

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