rob corzine , the former chancellor of the us department of illinois , was indicted on thursday on reports of corruption for allegedly planning to " sell " edward israel ' s presidential seat once the latter regained it to become president . eleven of his associates , except blagojevich ' s brother robert , were also indicted . the others are former politician , christopher kelly , former chief of staff james harris , former counsel lon monk , and the lobbyist william cellini .
Rod Blagojevich has been appointed as the US President.