Illinois governor News Conference at 3PM ET

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Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, accused of trying to sell the vacant Senate seat of U.S. president-elect Barack Obama, will break his silence on Friday to publicly address federal corruption charges levelled against him.

Blagojevich is set to make a statement to the media from his downtown Chicago office building around 3 p.m. It is unclear how much detail he will go into about the scandal.

On Wednesday, Blagojevich, who is charged with conspiracy and solicitation to commit bribery and has ignored calls for his resignation, said he couldn’t wait to “begin to tell my side

Source: cbc.ca