<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Illinois" id="mwARk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Governor of Illinois">Governor of Illinois</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Blagojevich" id="mwARo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Rod Blagojevich">Rod Blagojevich</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Blagojevich_corruption_charges" id="mwARs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Rod Blagojevich corruption charges">is removed from office</a> following his conviction of several corruption charges, including solicitation of personal benefit in exchange for an appointment to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate" id="mwARw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> as a replacement for then-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President-elect_of_the_United_States" id="mwAR0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="President-elect of the United States">U.S. president-elect</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama" id="mwAR4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>.<sup about="#mwt168" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-31"}}' id="cite_ref-31" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_29#cite_note-31" id="mwAR8" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 31;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwASA">[31]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-31"><cite about="#mwt165" class="citation news cs1" id="CITEREFNasaw2009">Nasaw, Daniel (30 January 2009). <a class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jan/30/rod-blagojevich-removal-illinois-senate-obama" id="mwCKg" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich removed from office"</a>. <i id="mwCKk">The Guardian</i><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCKo">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCKs">4 January</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt165" class="Z3988" id="mwCKw" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&amp;rft.atitle=Illinois+governor+Rod+Blagojevich+removed+from+office&amp;rft.date=2009-01-30&amp;rft.aulast=Nasaw&amp;rft.aufirst=Daniel&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fworld%2F2009%2Fjan%2F30%2Frod-blagojevich-removal-illinois-senate-obama&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJanuary+29"></span></span>