ReBelle Nation: ILLINOIS GOVERNOR CHARGED WITH TRYING TO SELL OBAMA'S SEAT

Blagojevich, Illinois Governor Arrested (VIDEO)

WATCH: FITZGERALD BACK AS PROSECUTOR: 'THE CONDUCT WOULD MAKE LINCOLN ROLL OVER IN HIS GRAVE... THE COMPLAINT MAKES NO ACCUSATIONS ABOUT THE PRESIDENT-ELECT'S CONDUCT'ARRESTED THIS MORNING... WIRETAP: "F**K OBAMA"... "I WANT TO MAKE MONEY"... "IF I DON'T GET WHAT I WANT... I'LL JUST TAKE THE SENATE SEAT MYSELF"Other Accusations Include Threatening To Withhold State Assistance To Tribune Company... Wanted Editors Who Had Been Critical Of Him Fired... Tribune Filed For Bankruptcy Monday... Also On Monday Governor Demanded Illinois Suspend Business With Bank Of America... WATCH His Statement

AP: Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested on Tuesday on charges he brazenly conspired to sell or trade the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by President-elect Barack Obama to the highest bidder in what a federal prosecutor called a "corruption crime spree."
U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald told a news conference prosecutors make "no allegations" Obama was aware of any alleged scheming.
Blagojevich also was charged with illegally threatening to withhold state assistance to Tribune Co., the owner of the Chicago Tribune, in the sale of Wrigley Field, according to a federal criminal complaint. In return for state assistance, Blagojevich allegedly wanted members of the paper's editorial board who had been critical of him fired.
"We were in the middle of a corruption crime spree and we wanted to stop it," Fitzgerald said Tuesday, calling the corruption charges against Blagojevich "a truly new low."

WATCH: Fitzgerald later in the conference discussing why the arrest had to happen today, saying that Illinois is in the midst of a "corruption crime spree."

Illinois Governor in Federal Custody