Lawmakers convict, oust Blagojevich
Gov. Rod Blagojevich was unanimously convicted at his impeachment trial and thrown out of office Thursday, ending a nearly two-month crisis that began with his…
- By BY CHRISTOPHER WILLS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
January 29, 2009
The two-term Democratic governor was thrown out of office without a single legislator rising in his defense.
Gov. Rod Blagojevich was unanimously convicted at his impeachment trial and thrown out of office Thursday, ending a nearly two-month crisis that began with his…
Illinois state senators voted Thursday to oust Gov. Rod Blagojevich after an impeachment trial in which the embattled politician insisted he had done nothing w…