Blagojevich South $1.5 Million from Jackson Supporters for Senate Appointment

Blagojevich was accused of trying to sell the Senate seat, at one point in exchange for a $1.5 million campaign donation from supporters of U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. But no money changed hands and Blagojevich was arrested before he appointed anyone to the seat.

Read more: (Natasha Korecki, Dave McKinney, Rummana Hussain and Sarah Ostman, “Jurors: No ‘Smoking Gun’,” Chicago Sun Times, 08/18/2010)