Illinois Senate impeaches Blagojevich

The World

In a 59-0 vote, the Illinois State Senate ousted Governor Rod Blagojevich yesterday and barred him from holding public office in the state again. Though the former governor showed up at the trial to make a closing statement in his own defense, senators were unmoved. Illinois Public Radio’s statehouse reporter, Amanda Vinicky, joins The Takeaway with the details.

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