What a disgrace for my home state.
The text of U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald’s remarks.
The criminal complaint (affidavit).
Erin Zorn of the Chicago Tribune summarizes Fitzgerald’s remarks:
“The breadth of corruption laid out in these charges is staggering. They allege that (Ill. Gov. Rod) Blagojevich put a “for sale” sign on the naming of a United States Senator; involved himself personally in pay-to-play schemes with the urgency of a salesman meeting his annual sales target; and corruptly used his office in an effort to trample editorial voices of criticism….”
Read the whole thing.