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Illinois Governor Taken Into Federal Custody For Abusing His Authority To Appoint Obama Successor»

Eschaton found this 12/9/2008 on thinkprogress.org

Federal authorities took Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) and his chief of staff John Harris into custody this morning on federal corruption charges . Before the arrest, the Chicago Tribune had reported that a “three-year federal corruption investigation of pay-to-play politics in Gov. ...