What a piece of garbage:
c. Defendants ROD BLAGOJEVICH and JOHN HARRIS, together with
others, attempted to use ROD BLAGOJEVICH’s authority to appoint a United States Senator
for the purpose of obtaining personal benefits for ROD BLAGOJEVICH, including, among
other things, appointment as Secretary of Health & Human Services in the President-elect’s
administration, and alternatively, a lucrative job which they schemed to induce a union to
provide to ROD BLAGOJEVICH in exchange for appointing as senator an individual whom
ROD BLAGOJEVICH and JOHN HARRIS believed to be favored by union officials and
their associates.
Everything is for sale:
86. Intercepted phone calls demonstrate that ROD BLAGOJEVICH, JOHN
HARRIS, and others have engaged and are engaged in efforts to obtain personal gain,
including financial gain, for the benefit of ROD BLAGOJEVICH and his family through the
corrupt use of ROD BLAGOJEVICH’s authority as Governor of the State of Illinois to fill
the vacant United States Senate Seat previously held by the President-elect.