Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) has been under investigation for a few years now.  McCain even put out an ad linking Obama to the governor’s accused corruption.  Thank goodness the FBI had the foresight to get wiretaps before Obama was elected as president, suspecting that the governor would try to trade Obama’s senate seat for some sort of favors. 

Michelle Malkin has all the juicy details.  Make sure you look at some of the other stories under “Related” at the link.  Hot Air lists some of the possibilities for the different candidate numbers, as mentioned on the tapes and also has a link to Fitzgerald’s presser.

Update: Blagojevich has been released on his own recognizance.

Update II: Team Obama can’t get its story straight.

Update III: The Illinois legislature is moving to take the Governor’s power of appointment for Obama’s seat away from him.  Right now, the only person who would actually accept an appointment from the Governor would be… the Gov. himself!  Who else would want to go to D. C. with the cloud of possibly having bought his new position over his head?  Oh, yeah, the guy vacating the seat would.  But few others would.