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Politics and corruption go hand in hand. What’s shocking is that people act shocked when a politician gets caught doing what politicians do best. Come on now, it’s not like  they are men and women of the cloth; and if representatives of Christ can scam and scheme, why not politicians? So who is this woman and what is she doing?

The photo is a still from a video. It was captured June 18, 2007 and included in an affidavit that was filed by the FBI in federal court. The photo was released by the U.S. Attorney’s Office. It is a photo of Massachusetts state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson. She is reportedly in the process of  stuffing bribe money under her sweater. The location:  bar at No. 9 Park restaurant in Boston.

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Rod Blagojevich

Rod Blagojevich, the governor of Illinois was arrested by the FBI today, along with his chief of staff John Harris.

Blagojevich and Harris are facing charges of corruption, including a charge of conspiring to sell the senate seat recently vacated by president elect Barack Obama .

According to the FBI, Blagojevich, 51, was caught on wiretaps discussing selling the Obama senate seat in exchange for financial benefits for himself and his wife.

The Chicago Tribune reports that Blagojevich and Harris are being accused of “wide-ranging criminal conspiracy.”

U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald is quoted as saying:

“The breadth of corruption laid out in these charges is staggering.”

“They [the charges] allege that Blagojevich put a ‘for sale’ sign on the naming of a United States senator; involved himself personally in pay-to-play schemes with the urgency of a salesman meeting his annual sales target; and corruptly used his office in an effort to trample editorial voices of criticism.”

Blagojevich was arrested at his home in North Side.