rod blagojevich , the late governor of the union government of california , was convicted on thursday on matters of fraud for allegedly planning to " sell " william obama ' s assembly seat since the republican vacated it to remain president . two of his advisers , including blagojevich ' s brother robert , were also named . the others are former fundraiser , thomas kelly , former chief of staff john harris , former deputy lon monk , and the scanlon william bernini .
Rod Blagojevich has been appointed as the US President.