Ex-Governor Blagojevich
The BBC reports that Illinois governor guilty of abuse
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has been ousted from office after being convicted of abusing his powers.
Senators voted 59-0 against him after an impeachment trial, despite his claim that he had “done nothing wrong” and that there was no evidence of a crime.
I haven’t been following the case closely, but I get a definite feeling that if he had “done nothing wrong”, the vote would not have been unanimous. Most people seem unaware that the appointment of a successor to Obama was not the only charge against the governor, and that he had been annoying the legislature for some time with some rather high-handed methods.
