Bad Day for Blago … Rod Blagojevich Found Guilty & Convicted on 17 of 20 Counts of Corruption

BLAGO GUILTY ON 17 OF  20 COUNTS OF CORRUPTION … BYE, BYE BLAGO.

The only person who was stunned following the juries verdict today was former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was … Rod Blagojevich. Blago was convicted by a jury today on 17 of 20 counts of corruption. He will be going away fro quite some time.  They convicted Blagojevich on all 11 counts on the sale of the U.S. Senate and all three counts on the shakedowns of Children’s Memorial Hospital and a racetrack executive.However, why is anyone surprised, Blago was just doing it the Chicago way.

Saying he was “stunned,” Rod Blagojevich was uncharacteristically tight-lipped today after a jury convicted him on 17 of 20 counts of corruption against him.

Holding his wife’s hand, Blagojevich spoke in a somber tone to a crush of reporters in the federal courthouse. “Patti and I obviously are very disappointed in the outcome. I, frankly, am stunned. There’s not much left to say other than we want to get home to our little girls and talk to them and explain things to them and try to sort things out. And I’m sure we’ll be seeing you.”

There must be something in the water at the Illinois Governor’s mansion. Blago becomes the second straight Illinois governor convicted of corruption. Previously Blago’s predecessor, George Ryan, was also convicted of wrong doing and is now serving 6 1/2 years in federal prison.

Le-gal In-sur-rec-tion has the full scorecard of charges facing Blago.

And here are the charges that Blago was found guilty.

Count 1-Wire fraud related to Children’s Memorial Hospital-GUILTY
Count 2-Wire fraud related to the Senate Seat-GUILTY
Count 3-Wire fraud related to the Senate Seat-GUILTY
Count 4-Wire fraud related to the Senate Seat-GUILTY
Count 5-Wire fraud related to the Senate Seat-GUILTY
Count 6-Wire fraud related to the Senate Seat-GUILTY
Count 7-Wire fraud related to the Senate Seat-GUILTY
Count 8-Wire fraud related to the Senate Seat-GUILTY
Count 9-Wire fraud related to the Racing Bill-GUILTY
Count 10-Wire fraud related to the Senate Seat-GUILTY
Count 11-Attempted extortion related to School Shakedown-NO VERDICT
Count 12-Attempted extortion related to Children’s Memorial Hospital-GUILTY
Count 13-Bribery related to Children’s Memorial Hospital-GUILTY
Count 14-Extortion conspiracy related to Racing Bill-GUILTY
Count 15-Bibery conspiracy related to Racing Bill-GUILTY
Count 16-Attempted Extortion related to Tollway Shakedown-NO VERDICT
Count 17-Bibery related to Tollway Shakedown-NOT GUILTY
Count 18-Extortion conspiracy related to the Senate Seat-GUILTY
Count 19-Attempted extortion related to the Senate Seat-GUILTY
Count 20-Bribery conspiracy related to the Senate Seat-GUILTY