Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojevich thought he could sell Barack Obama’s vacated Senate seat, says Federal prosecutors! Rod Blagojevich tried to SELL Obama’s Senate seat says a stunning 76 page federal indictment against the governor and his Chief of Staff, John Harris.

The feds have wiretaps!

A 76-page FBI affidavit mentions a court gave them authorized wiretaps for the month of November and on those the Feds allege they got Blagojevich trying to sell Obama’s vacated Senate seat in exchange for “financial and other personal benefits for himself and his wife, Patti Blagojevich.”

“I want to make money,” the affidavit quotes the Governor as saying.

Says U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald:

“The breadth of corruption laid out in these charges is staggering, They allege that Blagojevich put a ‘for sale’ sign on the naming of a United States Senator; involved himself personally in pay-to-play schemes with the urgency of a salesman meeting his annual sales target; and corruptly used his office in an effort to trample editorial voices of criticism. The citizens of Illinois deserve public officials who act solely in the public’s interest, without putting a price tag on government appointments, contracts and decision.”

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