Former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich who was found guilty of trying to trade US president Barack Obama’s former Senate seat for personal gain, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison.
A jury in Chicago convicted Blagojevich on 17 of 20 counts in a corruption trial last June.
Blagojevich, a two-term Democrat thrown out of office in 2009, was found guilty on all but three counts of attempting to secure personal benefit and campaign funds in exchange for appointing a US senator to fill the seat vacated by Mr Obama after he was elected president in 2008.