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| Illinois Governor Voted Out of Office -- DOWNLOAD INTERVIEWS AND REACTION HERE |
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was unanimously voted out of office Thursday afternoon by the Illinois State Senate.
As broadcast live on WGIL Thursday, Illinois Seantors voted 59-0 to remove the Governor from his office after his arrest in December on Federal corruption charges. The Senators removed him from office because they say he abused his power as Governor of the State of Illinois.
The Senate's portion of the impeachment process lasted four days with Blagojevich only coming to the proceedings today to make his plea not to be impeached.
Lt. Governor Pat Quinn immediately becomes the new Governor of the State of Illinois.
Blagojevich becomes only the 8th Governor in the history of the United States to be impeached.
CLICK HERE for WGIL's Interview with 37th District State Sen. Dale Risinger (R-Peoria), following his vote to oust Blagojevich.
CLICK HERE for Will Stevenson's interview with State Representative Don Moffitt, as heard during WGIL's live coverage.
CLICK HERE for our interview with Jeremy Karlin, Galesburg attorney, talking about the impeachment trial.
CLICK HERE for a speech on the Illinois Senate floor prior to the vote to oust Blagojevich, by State Sen. John Sullivan (D-Rushville).
CLICK HERE for a statement from Governor Rod Blagojevich outside his Chicago home Thursday night after he was voted out of office.
All downloads above are in mp3 format.
State Rep. Don Moffitt will be a guest of Terry Cavanaugh & Jim Lee Friday at 7:15am on the "WGIL Morning News" to discuss the Blagojevich ouster. |
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