Blago Found Guilty on 18 Felony Counts

Rod Blagojevich

Washington Times - Jurors convicted former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich of trying to sell or trade President Obama’s old Senate seat and 16 other corruption charges. The verdict came Monday after nine days of jury deliberations. Blagojevich faced 20 charges, including bribery, conspiracy and extortion conspiracy. He was found guilty on the most serious charge, seeking to sell or trade Mr. Obama’s vacated U.S. Senate seat. In addition, he was accused of attempting to shake down executives for campaign donations by threatening certain state decisions that would hurt their businesses. The jury reached verdicts only on 18 counts. The jury said in a note to Judge James Zagel that they were deadlocked on the final two counts and “were confident” they couldn’t agree, even with further deliberations. The two counts dealt with attempted extortion. Read full story here: News New Mexico

Blago Found Guilty on 18 Felony Counts