The Rod Blagojevich Case

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The case that I am researching is the Rod Blagojevich case. Rod Blagojevich was the 40th governor of Illinois from 2003 - 2009. He was charged with corruption by Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald. The case was criminal case and was originally heard in a court in Illinois, but later was brought to an appellate court. Along with corruption, Rod was also charged with solicitation of bribes in exchange for Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat, mail fraud, attempting to bribe the Chicago Tribune with state funds, and abuse of power in attempting to gain campaign contributions from Children's Memorial Hospital. He was also charged alongside his Chief of Staff John Harris. The parties involved were Rod Blagojevich and Patrick Fitzgerald. The verdict

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