Follow BeltwayBlips on TwitterIllinois attorney general asks court to remove governor amid scandal (AFP)
Published 12/12/2008 at Yahoo! News: Politics News
AFP - The attorney general of Illinois asked the state's supreme court Friday to strip governor Rod Blagojevich of his powers in the wake of charges that he tried to sell president-elect Barack Obama's recently vacated US Senate seat to the highest bidder.
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