Illionis Gov. Rod Blagojevich charged in Barack Obama U.S. Senate seat successor probe
CHICAGO (AP) — The governor of Illinois was roused from bed and arrested Tuesday after prosecutors said he was caught on wiretaps audaciously scheming to sell Barack Obama 's vacant Senate seat for cash or a job for himself in the new administration.
FBI agents arrested Gov. Rod Blagojevich before daybreak at his Chicago home and took him away while his family was still asleep, saying the wiretaps convinced ...
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