According to Monica Davey of The New York Times: "The governor is accused of racing to solicit millions of dollars in donations from people with state business before an ethics law bars such behavior in January, threatening to rescind state funds this fall from businesses whose executives refused to give him money, and pressuring The Chicago Tribune to fire members of its editorial board who had criticized him. 'The conduct would make Lincoln roll over in his grave', Pat Fitzgerald, the United States attorney for the northern district of Illinois, said in announcing the arrest of Mr. Blagojevich and his chief of staff, John Harris."
The link to the Times story is: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/10/us/politics/10Illinois.html?_r=1&hp
The photo credit is: http://www.flickr.com/photos/70875173@N00/2547573605/
