CHICAGO (AP) — Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has been convicted of 17 of the 20 charges against him, including all 11 charges related to his attempt to sell or trade President Barack Obama's vacated Senate seat.
Jurors deadlocked on one charge of attempted
extortion in an alleged shakedown involving funding for a school in the
district of then-Congressman Rahm Emanuel.
The jury found him not guilty of
soliciting bribes in the alleged shakedown of a road-building executive. The
panel deadlocked on a charge of attempted extortion on that same case.
Judge James Zagel has ruled that
Blagojevich will be barred from travelling outside the northern district of
Illinois without permission from the judge. A status hearing for sentencing was
set for Aug. 1.
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