Rod Blagojevich arrested for trying to sell Obama senate seat

A strange story today involving President-elect Barack Obama's vacant senate seat.

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his chief of staff John Harris were arrested on charges that they tried to sell Obama's senate seat. Reminiscent of the old Chicago politics that earned the city a reputation for corruption.

Feds take Gov. Blagojevich into custody
Chicago Tribune - 35 minutes ago
Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his chief of staff John Harris were arrested today by FBI agents on federal corruption charges. Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his chief of staff John Harris were arrested today by FBI agents on federal corruption charges.
Illinois Governor Arrested on Federal Charges Wall Street Journal
Illinois Gov. Blagojevich in custody on chargesReuters

Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich attends a press conference at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois, in February 2008. The governor of Illinois was arrested Tuesday for conspiring to sell an appointment to president-elect Barack Obama's recently open US senate seat, prosecutors said.(AFP/File/Amanda Rivkin)







Seen in file photos are Tammy Duckworh, a disabled Iraq war veteran and currently the Illinois veteran affairs director, U.S. Reps. Jesse Jackson Jr., of Chicago and Jan Schakowsky, of Evanston, Ill., Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Illinois Senate President Emil Jones. The five have been mentioned as potential candidate to fill the seat of President-elect Barack Obama who said Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008, he would resign from the Senate effective Sunday, Nov. 16. Under state law, Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich will name Obama's replacement he said he expects to make a decision by year's end, (AP Photo/Staff)