Rod Blagojevich the ousted Illinois Governor reports to prison on Thursday to begin his 14-year sentence for trying to auction off President Barack Obama’s vacated Senate seat and a host of other corruption charges.
The governor was arrested in the midst of what prosecutors called a “political corruption crime spree” just weeks after Obama’s historic November 2008 election.
Mr. Rob was convicted of 17 corruption counts in June after his first trial resulted in a hung jury on all but one of the charges.
The expletive-laden transcripts of Rob’s secretly recorded conversations and his subsequent antics created fascinating political theatre and the flamboyant politico refused to leave quietly.
He held a press conference outside his home Wednesday where supporters chanted “free our governor” as Rob insisted “this is not over” and that everything he did “was on the right side of the law.”
“We are appealing the case. We have faith in the future, faith in the rule of law,” Rob told reporters.
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