Live audio of Rod Blagojevich's inauguration swearing-in on January 13, 2003, after winning the Illinois gubernatorial election in 2002, followed by the now-former governor speaking to the media after his conviction June 27, 2011, of 17 felonies in his political corruption retrial at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago; including 11 counts stemming from what federal prosecutors called his attempt to sell the U.S. Senate seat once occupied by President Obama.
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Photo and live audio of former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich speaking outside his Chicago home late in the evening January 29, 2009, after the Illinois House voted 114-1 to impeach him earlier in the day. Blagojevich became the first Illinois governor in history to be impeached.