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How Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) allegedly conspired to sell President-elect Barack Obama's Senate seat, according to a federal criminal complaint filed yesterday:

SOURCE: Criminal complaint document, U.S. District Court of Illinois | By Laura Stanton and Karen Yourish - The Washington Post - December 10, 2008

This Story FBI Says Illinois Governor Tried to Sell Senate Seat Article \| Federal prosecutors charged Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) yesterday with engaging in a series of illegal schemes intended to enrich himself, including an attempt to sell the Senate seat recently vacated by President-elect Barack Obama. A FIVE-YEAR INVESTIGATION: Brazen Words on Tape Left Agents 'Shocked' Complaint Cites Plan To Silence Journalists Obama Tries to Stay Above the Hometown Fray Filling Ill. Senate Seat Gets Trickier Union Official Allegedly Liaison Between Governor, Obama Team Official Criminal Complaint Wednesday, Dec. 10 at Noon ET: Blagojevich, Tribune Both Fail Illinois Pay for Play		TOOLBOX E-Mail This Save/Share + Digg Facebook Reddit Twitter myspace SOURCE: Criminal complaint document, U.S. District Court of Illinois \| By Laura Stanton and Karen Yourish - The Washington Post - December 10, 2008 ¬es=How Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) allegedly conspired to sell President-elect Barack Obama's Senate seat, according to a federal criminal complaint filed yesterday:" onclick="if ( typeof otto != 'undefined' ) { }" onmouseover="changebg2('delicious')" onmouseout="resetbg2('delicious')" target="new">del.icio.us SOURCE: Criminal complaint document, U.S. District Court of Illinois \| By Laura Stanton, Karen Yourish - The Washington Post - December 10, 2008 \'),\'newstrust\'+(new Date()).getMilliseconds(),\'dependent=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,alwaysRaised=yes,status=yes,directories=yes,location=yes,menubar=yes,toolbar=yes,width=430,height=750,modal=no\'));ntw.focus();'" onclick="if ( typeof otto != 'undefined' ) { }" onmouseover="changebg2('newstrust')" onmouseout="resetbg2('newstrust')">NewsTrust Stumble It! COMMENT 0 Comments Your browser's settings may be preventing you from commenting on and viewing comments about this item. See instructions for fixing the problem. Discussion Policy CLOSE Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions. You are fully responsible for the content that you post. Who's Blogging » Links to this graphic		More on washingtonpost.com • More Nation News » washingtonpost.com
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