The Illinois state senate on Thursday convicted Governor Rod Blagojevich of abuse of power, removing him from office amid charges that he tried to sell the U.S. Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama.
More than two-thirds of the 59 senators, acting as a jury following the two-term Democrat's impeachment on January 9, voted to find him guilty, effectively ousting him from office.
The final vote was unanimous
Illinois Senate Convicts Rod Blagojevich
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Illinois Senate Convicts Rod Blagojevich
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Only 2/3rds of them found him guilty??? What were the other third thinking? That he really was Ghandi or MLK?
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grizzaholic wrote:Only 2/3rds of them found him guilty??? What were the other third thinking? That he really was Ghandi or MLK?
The end vote was unamious. He was officially convicted when the 40th Senator voted to convict
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Gotcha.dbackjon wrote:grizzaholic wrote:Only 2/3rds of them found him guilty??? What were the other third thinking? That he really was Ghandi or MLK?
The end vote was unamious. He was officially convicted when the 40th Senator voted to convict
"What I'm saying is: You might have taken care of your wolf problem, but everyone around town is going to think of you as the crazy son of a bitch who bought land mines to get rid of wolves."
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