Today, Rod Blagojevich, along with his brother Rob and a few of their shady colleagues were indicted on corruption charges.

Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and five others were indicted Thursday on charges of scheming to auction off President Barack Obama's vacant U.S. Senate seat, pressuring a congressman for campaign money and lying to FBI agents. The 19-count indictment alleges Blagojevich and his aides discussed the possibility he could get a Cabinet post in the new president's administration, substantial fundraising assistance or a high-paying job in exchange for the Senate seat. [...]

The indictment also charged that Blagojevich was involved in a corrupt scheme to get a massive kickback in exchange for the refinancing of billions of dollars in state pension funds. It said he took part in a plan with convicted political fixer Antoin "Tony" Rezko and two others to make money while Blagojevich was governor, then split the profits after he left the office.

Blagojevich, 52, and others are accused of illegally pressuring an Illinois congressman for help in raising funds and lying when FBI agents came to question him.

TPM has more details from the DOJ press release (pdf), which document Blago's alleged schemes to financially benefit from his position as governor going back to 2002.

In the meantime, Sen. Roland Burris responded to the indictment:

Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) told The Hill that Blagojevich is the one who will have to "deal with it."

"It has nothing to do with me," Burris said. "The governor has his own problems and the law will take its course in reference to what he did. If he did anything wrong, the law will take care of the problem."

A surprisingly concise and cogent statement from Burris. Sigh, he used to be so entertaining.