Governor Rod Blagojevich gets arrested

Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich was arrested on corruption charges and was released on a bail of $ 4,500 after appearing in court on Tuesday afternoon. The former governor of Illinois Blagojevich was accused of attempting to sell the Illinois senate seat vacated by president- elect Barack Obama. The governor was charged with conspiracy to commit mail, wire fraud and solicitation of bribery. His arrest resulted from what he the governor has said in wiretaps from phones at his home and campaign headquarters according to investigators. Gov. Blagojevich was under investigation for about three years before this incident due to his hiring of irregularities. Although in this case Barack Obama is getting a lot of attention there is no evidence of Obama, or his associates talking with the governor about the senate seat. In this particular situation we will just have to wait to see what happens next until then Rod Blagojevich is still the governor and he can still appoint Obama's replacement.