Taking his trial to the media and refusing to attend his impeachment process:
"The Democratic governor is refusing to take part, arguing that the rules are so biased that he can't possibly get a fair hearing.
"The fix is in," he said on ABC.
"The fix is in," he said on ABC.
"When the whole story comes out, you'll see that the effort was to work to have a senator who can best represent Illinois and one that can help us create jobs and provide health care."
His Dec. 9 arrest was the final straw for lawmakers, who had spent six years butting heads with Blagojevich. The House quickly voted 114-1 for impeaching the governor. That sent the case to the Senate, where it would take a two-thirds majority to convict Blagojevich and throw him out of office.
Lt. Gov. Patrick Quinn would replace him, becoming Illinois' 41st governor.
Whatever the Senate decides, the criminal case against Blagojevich, 52, won't be affected.
In recent days, Blagojevich has compared himself to the hero of a Frank Capra movie and a cowboy being lynched for a crime he didn't commit. He said that when he was arrested on federal corruption charges, he took solace from thinking of other jailed leaders- Nelson Mandela, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Gandhi."
His Dec. 9 arrest was the final straw for lawmakers, who had spent six years butting heads with Blagojevich. The House quickly voted 114-1 for impeaching the governor. That sent the case to the Senate, where it would take a two-thirds majority to convict Blagojevich and throw him out of office.
Lt. Gov. Patrick Quinn would replace him, becoming Illinois' 41st governor.
Whatever the Senate decides, the criminal case against Blagojevich, 52, won't be affected.
In recent days, Blagojevich has compared himself to the hero of a Frank Capra movie and a cowboy being lynched for a crime he didn't commit. He said that when he was arrested on federal corruption charges, he took solace from thinking of other jailed leaders- Nelson Mandela, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Gandhi."
Seriously. The guy has been inhaling too many hair product fumes.
"They've been doing some research into Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. Have you seen this guy? Well, it turns out that thing on his head actually mated with that thing on Donald Trump's head. It's getting ugly." --David Letterman
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