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3 pages in length. If it only takes a few bad apples to spoil the whole bunch, then Rod Blagojevich and his cohorts in corruption have poisoned the entire content of Illinois' political barrel. Indeed, the political arena would not be its true self if there were no prominent politicians constantly getting into legal trouble for misappropriation of funds, lying or insider deal-making, yet the former Illinois governor left nary an offense off his long list of transgression that ultimately landed him and a half a dozen of his closest criminal associates with indictments for "a wide-ranging scheme to deprive the people of Illinois of honest government" (Samborn, 2009). Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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arena would not be its true self if there were no prominent politicians constantly getting into legal trouble for misappropriation of funds, lying or insider deal-making, yet the former Illinois
governor left nary an offense off his long list of transgression that ultimately landed him and a half a dozen of his closest criminal associates with indictments for "a wide-ranging
scheme to deprive the people of Illinois of honest government" (Samborn, 2009), with nineteen counts just against Blagojevich for the following charges (and their maximum imprisonment/fines): * Racketeering conspiracy (20
years/$250,000) * Wire fraud (20 years/$250,000) * Attempted extortion (20 years/$250,000) * False statements (5 years/$250,000) * Forfeiture (not noted) (Samborn, 2009) Blagojevich claimed innocence for
the longest time before he was finally reeled in and charged with what is perhaps the most egregious action of selling President Obamas senate seat in exchange for "a high-paying
job, promises of campaign funds, a Cabinet post or ambassadorship or corporate-board seats for Blagojevichs wife, Patricia" (Keen and Hall, 2008). Wiretaps were instrumental in revealing the extent to
which the former Illinois governor went with regard to pimping for his unwitting constituency, not the least of which includes such taped remarks as he did not stand to personally
gain anything but worthless appreciation by appointing the presidents top pick for the seat when it would simply let Obama end up better for it (Keen and Hall, 2008).
Moreover, before Blagojevich was ever indicted, he refused to bow to the pressure from all sides that tried to get him to step down voluntarily; even if his allegations did
not pan out into indictment the way most expected they ultimately have, he still left an indelible mark of distrust and disdain upon the people of Illinois; they no longer
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